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Charter Schools in Albany

Podcast: Peter Meyer tells Education Next how the city of Albany hit the jackpot: high-quality charter schools, and lots of them.

By Peter Meyer Charter Schools and Vouchers, Podcast

President Obama Should Put Down “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” Pick Up Education Next

The editorial board of the Washington Post has recommended some beach reading for President Obama: He should start with Patrick J. Wolf’s article in the new issue of Education Next. Mr. Wolf, a professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, is the principal investigator of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows low-income [...]

By Marci Kanstoroom Blog, Charter Schools and Vouchers

School Choice Research: Will Evidence Ever Count?

Earlier this month, Mike Petrilli moderated a Fordham Institute discussion about whether charter schools had eclipsed private school vouchers as the most promising education reform.

By George Mitchell Blog, Charter Schools and Vouchers, Editorial

Opinion Divided: Making Private Milwaukee Schools Public?

Major changes this year to Milwaukee’s 20-year old voucher program please some and dismay others.

By George Mitchell Blog, Charter Schools and Vouchers, Editorial

Students in D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program Make Significant Improvements in Reading, U.S. Education Department Study Finds

Voucher gains are the largest achievement impacts from any federal education experiment so far. Read the full article, Lost Opportunities, by Patrick J. Wolf.

By Education Next Charter Schools and Vouchers, Press

Credits Crunched

Arizona rulings hit scholarships and special education vouchers

By Martin West Briefs, Charter Schools and Vouchers, On Top of the News, The Legal Beat

When Schools Compete

Does school choice push public schools to improve?

By Education Next Charter Schools and Vouchers

Educating the Public

How information affects Americans' support for school spending and charter schools

How information affects Americans’ support for school spending and charter schools

By William G. Howell and Martin R. West Charter Schools and Vouchers, Features, Public Opinion, School Spending, Teachers and Teaching

Another Lemon

Florida’s public school establishment could hardly have a better friend than Florida’s courts.

Florida’s charters under attack

By Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick Briefs, Charter Schools and Vouchers, Courts and Law, Government and Politics, School Choice, State and Federal, The Legal Beat

Voucher Controversy

Video: Hoover Institution senior fellows and members of Hoovers Task Force on K12 Education Terry Moe and Paul Peterson comment on the controversy surrounding the Washington, D.C., voucher program.