Published Articles & Media
Blog
Authorizing Matters
Within the charter authorizing community there is robust debate about how to do what’s needed while promoting continued growth and protecting charter autonomy.
Forum
Should Reformers Support Education Savings Accounts?
Education Next talks with Matthew Ladner and Nelson Smith
Forum
Expand Choice, but Keep the Public Interest in Mind
Should Reformers Support Education Savings Accounts?
Blog
A Smarter Charter: A Response to Kahlenberg and Potter
I salute the authors for their extensive reporting on how charters are solving some of the toughest problems on their plate. But in order to justify their proposed remedies, they portray chartering as a nearly-terminal case, rather than as a robust movement.
Book Reviews
Criticizing Charter Schools for Lacking Diversity and Unions Misses the Point
A review of A Smarter Charter by Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter
Charter Schools
Whose School Buildings Are They, Anyway?
Making public school facilities available to charters
Forum
The NCLB Restruct-a-tron
Does the law’s great big machine for overhauling schools produce anything worthwhile?