Newspaper Hit Piece on Charter Schools Misses The Mark
Reader hours, reporter time disappear into flawed journalistic experiment
Are Career-Tech Students Preparing for Jobs That Actually Exist?
A new analysis links data on career and technical education course-taking to employment data.
Three Thoughts on the Special Olympics Fiasco
On occasion, policymakers have won through on once-unpopular proposals. But this requires diligence, constancy, and principle—traits the Trump administration seems to lack.
In the News: California’s K-12 Enrollment Drops Again, Charter Schools See Increase
The number of students enrolled in California public schools this year dropped compared to last year. Declines like this make budgeting a difficult art.
A State School Board that Works
In California, the state board of education works with the governor to accomplish long-term policy goals.
Straight Up Conversation: Teaching Matters CEO Lynette Guastaferro
Lynette Guastaferro is the CEO of Teaching Matters, which currently serves 237 urban schools. Their programs include Early Reading Matters, which coaches teachers on how to better teach reading skills.
In the News: School Choice and Lotteries in D.C., New Orleans, and Beyond
As public school choice grows, more cities are relying on centralized application processes to match as many students as possible to their top-ranked schools.
Resilience, Hope, and the Power of the Collective: What Puerto Rico Can Teach the States about Education Reform
People don’t talk about “scaling” solutions in Puerto Rico. They create solutions and hope that others will do the same.
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