Private school choice AND quality control
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.
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.
The power of the humanities
Guest blogger Gene Maeroff takes the Board's Eye View challenge and provides insights from his time on a local school board.
Terry Ryan recaps business leaders' support of the Common Core
Who should govern control education?
Why business leaders must be a key champion for the Common Core
The Obama administration would like to spend $1 billion to improve STEM education
The good news: Almost everyone’s upwardly mobile
They’re onto something here
Another day, another report on SIG…and another CEP survey
It’s time for some trust-busting
Several Ohio districts will be piloting teacher evaluation systems this fall
Schools (should) still matter.
It matters to whom charters are compared
States like Louisiana could learn a lesson from Indiana's approach to reporting performance.
The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education's road map to a better system of education governance.
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.
Take part in the Board's Eye View challenge.
Suggesting that we “field test” Common Core betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about what standards are and what they are not.
One more valuable option for students and parents
How the elementary-teacher-cookie crumbles
Text complexity is the new black
While art, music, and history tend to get the headlines when they’re pushed out in favor of more math and reading instruction, the
Understanding the nature of the problem is the first step to fixing it.
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.