Behind the Headline: Stop Burning NY’s Special Ed Dollars
On Top of the News Stop Burning NY’s Special Ed Dollars New York Post | 2/1/12 Behind the Headline The Case for Special EducationVouchers Education Next | Winter 2010 Former State Assemblyman Michael Benjamin makes the case for special ed vouchers in New York City in an op-ed appearing in today’s Post. Jay Greene and [...]
Scaling Up By Scaling Down
It is not so much that “reform has to go beyond charters” as it is that real reform must embrace choice—choice at the individual level.
Are Charter Schools Models of Reform for Traditional Public Schools?
Yes, answers Roland Fryer in an amazing study released this month.
What We’re Watching: Whose Side Are You On? The NAACP Sues Charter Schools
Choice Media TV looks into why the NAACP joined a lawsuit to evict charter schools from buildings they share with traditional district schools in New York.
What We’re Watching: Creating Opportunity Schools
The Mind Trust’s CEO discusses bold school reform plans for Indianapolis Public Schools.
City-Based Strategies For Excellent Charter Schools
A number of forward looking cities have set aside contentious debates about charter schools, and have instead chosen to embrace high-quality charter schools in their reform strategies. This is a welcome development for students stuck in underperforming schools. But these city-based movements are not without challenges.
The Myth of the “Good” School
Supporters of public education ought not make “hey parents, suck it up” their rallying cry.
Unlocking the Secrets of High-Performing Charters
Tight management and “no excuses”
Tight management and “no excuses”
Winerip v. Moskowitz: Success Wins
I’ll hand it to Michael Winerip. This morning he takes on one of the charter movement’s fiercest competitors, Eva Moskowitz
Verdict in the WSJ: “School Vouchers Work”
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley has a must-read piece in the WSJ today.
DC Children Can Thank Boehner— and Randomized Trials
Boehner deserves a thank you from the children of the District of Columbia for knowing how to play the one best policy card at his disposal. But Boehner could not have played that card had he not had convincing evidence that the voucher program he was trying to restore had been effective.
The Obama Administration’s Shameful Opposition to the DC Scholarship Program
The path to ESEA reauthorization just got a lot steeper, as many Republicans will refuse to play ball with an Administration not willing to compromise on a top GOP priority.
Catholic Ethos, Public Education
How the Christian Brothers came to start two charter schools in Chicago
How the Christian Brothers came to start two charter schools in Chicago
New Schools in New Orleans
School reform both exhilarated and imperiled by success
School reform both exhilarated and imperiled by success
South Carolina Leading the Pack?
South Carolina is on the cusp of leapfrogging most of the competition by passing one of the most ambitious pieces of school choice legislation in the country.
The $500 million Question
Can charter management organizations deliver quality education at scale?
Can charter management organizations deliver quality education at scale?
School Vouchers in DC Produce Gains in Both Test Scores and Graduation Rates
One should not under-estimate the impact of the DC school voucher program on student achievement. According to the official announcement and the executive summary of the report, school vouchers lifted high school graduation rates but it could not be conclusively determined that it had a positive impact on student achievement. Something about those findings sounds like a bell striking thirteen. Not only is the clock wrong, but the mechanism seems out of whack. How can more students graduate from private schools if they weren’t learning more?
Palace Revolt in Los Angeles?
Charter school and Latino leaders push unions to innovate
Charter school and Latino leaders push unions to innovate
Charter High Schools
Promising results from charters that educate teens
Promising results from charters that educate teens
The Unknown World of Charter High Schools
New evidence suggests they are boosting high school graduation and college attendance rates
New evidence suggests they are boosting high school graduation and college attendance rates
Book Excerpt: Kay Merseth Reads From Inside Urban Charter Schools
Last fall, Ed Next published a short review of a new book, Inside Urban Charter Schools, by Kay Merseth of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Now we bring you a 15-minute audio excerpt from that book (read by Kay), which you can access here. You can listen to the excerpt from the book through [...]
Straddling the Democratic Divide
Will reforms follow Obama's spending on education?
Will reforms follow Obama’s spending on education?
Victory Puts New Orleans in the Spotlight
The Saints’ thrilling victory over the Vikings in overtime Sunday night in the Superdome was perhaps the most exciting win for the city since Gov. Bobby Jindal rallied a ragtag coalition of state legislators to create a voucher program for New Orleans in the summer of 2008. During a decade when voucher programs were handed [...]
