A new study shows that black students who won a school-voucher lottery in New York a generation ago were more likely to attend college than students who didn’t win.
The nation’s oldest parochial school system starts fresh
Philadelphia was home to the nation’s first diocesan Catholic school system. Now it has the first Catholic school system run by a foundation of lay people.
An attorney general's audacious move may highlight the desperate need for an emergency manager.
What the feds can and should do
In November, they're decide who has the power to authorize charter schools
Three new Fordham schools open their doors this month
Louisiana's call for a practical accountability system for the state’s voucher program
The program, slated to expire at the end of this year, needs more time--and attention--to reach its full potential.
Michigan's Highland Park School District offers a worthwhile experiment in edu-governance
A perfect storm of low enrollment, poor fiscal management, and some of the worst academic results in the state prompted Highland Parks Public Schools to take bold action.
Here's hoping that private schools in Louisiana won't be bullied out of their desire to serve disadvantaged students
The Louisiana teachers union can’t get the courts to stop private schools from enrolling voucher-bearing students this fall, so they’ve taken to threatening the schools with litigation.
Ohio charters are gaining an international reputation—but not for the best of reasons.
Have Cleveland’s charters “done badly?” Depends on your standard.
The charter sector has come a long way and its successes are worth celebrating, yet as this report demonstrates multiple challenges still remain
Louisiana has shown us that it’s possible to offer private-school choice and control for quality in a way that doesn’t cramp what makes a private school unique.
It’s time for some trust-busting
It matters to whom charters are compared
States like Louisiana could learn a lesson from Indiana's approach to reporting performance.
Charter schools may be celebrating twenty years of existence, but the milestone gets most of them no closer to the surplus classroom space and facility financing controlled by local school boards.
One more valuable option for students and parents
The folks at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice have put out a call for research proposals that explore the effects that choice and competition have on K-12 education.
Ohio charters have earned a global reputation.
Despite persistent hostility to charter school expansion in most states, there remains one aspect of charter schooling that fails to get the attention it deserves: athletics.
Lazy governance hurts charter innovation.
What is the nature of the relationship between a charter school authorizer and a charter school board?
