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The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy
The Left likes choice—just not too much choice
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How do we empower parents?
Guest blogger John Kirtley, chairman of Step Up for Students, answers Board's Eye View's BIG question: "What's the most important governance issue?"
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Choice and competition in the name of national security
It's not A Nation At Risk, but today's Council on Foreign Relations report on US education reform and national security makes bold statements on our progress toward higher educational standards and enhanced school choice.
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A burden comes with higher D.C. charter projections
Projections show that charter schools may grow to educate nearly half of D.C. public school students, but that milestone means they'll have to stop resorting to the expulsion of troubled students so quickly.
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Charter schools’ self-dealing hurts kids and needs attention
The Richard Allen Academy Schools Audit highlights, yet again, the need for Ohio statute to clarify the roles and duties of school governing boards, school operators, and school sponsors (aka authorizers).
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Kudos to KIPP: Fordham-sponsored school wins award for academic growth
Congratulations to KIPP: Journey Academy for the school’s EPIC Silver Gain Award from New Leaders for New Schools.
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Virtual home schooling
If Florida Governor Rick Scott signs the state’s digital learning bill, as expected, students in grades K-5 then could bypass a brick-and-mortar school and directly enroll full-time in a virtual instruction program.
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Some questions before pulling the trigger
Choice Words has developed some legislative guidance for more informative inquiry on the parent trigger.
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Fordham-sponsored KIPP: Journey Academy Wins EPIC Silver Gain Award
Congratulations to KIPP: Journey Academy on winning the EPIC Silver Gain Award!
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McKay is OK, but with accountability it would be great
Florida's McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities program should reestablish its status as a pioneer by embracing a reasonable form of results-based accountability
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Charter schools and the new urbanism
School leaders need help from policymakers to improve the availability of affordable space for teaching and learning, and to plug schools into revitalized neighborhoods.
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Do we need a “virtual” education ministry?
A social sector solution to the "capacity" conundrum
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Charter schools’ self-dealing hurts kids and needs attention
Fordham has worked in Dayton – as a funder, charter-school authorizer, and charter-school advocate – to push for the creation and growth of high quality charter schools since 1998.
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A Sunshine State trigger needs more sunshine
By limiting debate on a polarizing parent trigger bill, the Florida Legislature is only going to sow the same confusion that has frustrated Californians.
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A “war” that leaves one side well outgunned
It’s almost become flippant for Democratic lawmakers to disparage a school voucher as “a war on public education,” but a look at the numbers shows the conflict is pretty one-sided.
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State rejects White Hat applications
The rejection of the White Hat applications will come as a surprise to many observers because ODE has rarely challenged large, not to mention politically well-connected, operators.
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Measuring up to the model: A ranking of state charter school laws
Regardless of rankings, Ohio policymakers should continue to seek improvements to Ohio’s charter school program.
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Noble Charter Schools: A teacher's perspective
A learning specialist with Noble Charter Schools responds to criticism of the organization's controversial discipline policies.
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The “last word” on Milwaukee vouchers should lead us to new debates on standards
The results of a report show a need to further explore the right balance between parental choice and state standards, even if that discussion leaves many voucher proponents with a bad case of heartburn.
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Purists vs. hawks in the charter debate
Ohio’s charter school community has been split into two camps since the inception of the state’s first charter law in 1997; purists vs. hawks.
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ODE rejects White Hat applications
White Hat Management has been the Goliath of Ohio’s charter school operators since its first schools opened in 1999. The company currently operates 33 schools in the Buckeye State.
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Adam explains voucher cuts on WSJ.com
Choice czar Adam Emerson recorded an interview with the Wall Street Journal on President Obama's proposed cuts to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
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A bill targets the charter inequities wrought by political compromise
Allowing local dollars to follow local students is an important first step in addressing unfair funding systems.
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Obama turns his back on a deal for the D.C. voucher program
The president's new budget proposal quashes last year's compromise to resurrect the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
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The fight over mandated contraceptive services has lessons for school choice
The struggles between the Catholic Church and the Obama Administration reveal the fault lines that surface when Washington tries to tinker with the complex machinery that administers our health, social services...and education.
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Turning on a successful charter in the Keystone State
Charters are the answer, not the enemy.
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Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education
Break the ESEA stalemate