Support Builds For Making the SAT Untimed For Everyone
A possible solution to the “Gaming the System” problem
The Education Exchange: Raising Student Achievement with Local Money
Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University and an Assistant Professor at IE University in Madrid, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss their co-authored paper, “Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis.”
Ban Public Schools
The best defense against recent proposals to ban private schools? A good offense.
The Education Exchange: The Impact of Education Savings Accounts in Arizona
Matt Beienburg, the Director of Education Policy at the Goldwater Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the impact of education savings accounts as a school choice option in Arizona.
EdNext Podcast: The Lessons of the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Patrick J. Wolf, professor at the University of Arkansas, joins EdNext Editor-in-Chief Marty West to discuss the effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, the statewide school-voucher initiative, including its impact on student test scores and which schools participated in the program.
In The News: The Changing Face of School Integration
A new report by the Washington Post shows the overall number of children attending U.S. public schools with students of other races has actually doubled over the past 25 years. At the same time, many urban schools remain deeply segregated. An analysis by Tomas Monarrez, Brian Kisida and Matthew M. Chingos in Education Next examined this issue in the context of charter schooling.
Three Factors Critical to Rural Charter Schools’ Success
Visitors to charter schools in Questa, New Mexico; Quincy, Florida; Starbuck, Minnesota; and Prescott Valley, Arizona, found some common ingredients.
EdNext Podcast: Have Charters Increased Segregation in American Schools?
Tomas Monarrez, a research associate in the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the impact charter schools have had on segregation in U.S. schools.
Come to Jesus
Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy
As New York Charters Turn 20, Let Good Schools Flourish
Twenty years ago this summer, I was a founder of the first charter school in New York state: the Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem.
The Education Exchange: Checking in on School Reforms in New Orleans
Doug Harris, Professor and Department Chair of Economics at Tulane University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss his new study, “How is New Orleans School Performance Evolving, and Why?,” co-authored with Lihan Liu, Alica Gerry, and Paula Arce-Trigatti, and how school choice and performance-based contracting have fared after 15 years.
Public Support Grows for Higher Teacher Pay and Expanded School Choice
Results from the 2019 Education Next Poll
An Authoritative Look at Charter Schools and Segregation
Have charter schools intensified the already high levels of segregation afflicting American public schools?
The Federal Charter Schools Program: A Short, Opinionated History
Avoiding the ‘rigidities and often dysfunction of local school districts’ yielded a success
Going the Extra Mile for School Choice
How five cities tackle the challenges of student transportation
Boston Charter Study Tells Story About Limits of Test Scores
“It is all too common for researchers to misinterpret the policy implications of these experiments, even when they are properly conducted.”
Bloomberg Pushes Democratic Presidential Candidates on Charter Schools
“Let’s face it, the problem in our schools isn’t just money”
Do Charter Schools Increase Segregation?
First national analysis reveals a modest impact, depending on where you look
Perhaps Progress Against Poverty Helped Test Scores Rise
The pattern isn’t perfect. But over the past twenty years, the two lines appear to be moving generally in the same direction.
The “Obscure Educator” Who Invented Charter Schools
A new history is a reminder of Ray Budde’s remarkable achievement
Writing Under the Influence
A critique of “Asleep at the Wheel,” the Network for Public Education’s analysis of the federal Charter Schools Program
