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How Schools Can Help with the Vaccination Rollout
Turn parking lots, gyms into sites for giving shots
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Evaluating Claims that Charter Schools Practice “Cream Skimming” and “Pushout”
Study analyzes student entrance and exit patterns, academic history, and more
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New Faces, New Problems for New Orleans School Board
In all-charter district, winning candidates have limited power
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Charters Improving at Faster Pace in Urban Areas
Given the apparent underrepresentation of urban charter students in 2017, it is more likely that we are underestimating the overall gains
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How Charter Supporters Can Win Over Joe Biden
Remind Biden and his team of the real-life people that charter schools serve, people who are a key part of his coalition.
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5 Things We Learned in D.C. About How to Advance Charter Schools
The rise of white progressive politics in the city, in combination with a somewhat re-energized union movement, has left our schools fighting attacks on multiple fronts.
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Charter Authorizer Responds to “How Charter School Regulations Harm Minority School Operators”
Self-identification, not guessing, is key to solid research on race
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What Charter School City Actually Says
Why Jay Greene’s critique of my book about education reform in New Orleans doesn’t hold up
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How Charter School Regulations Harm Minority School Operators
In states with stricter rules, fewer Black and Hispanic applicants get charters approved, new research shows
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New Research on KIPP Shows that Charter Middle Schools Can Improve Early College Outcomes
Attending a KIPP school led to a 10-13 percentage point improvement in the likelihood of enrolling in college
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A Test for the Test Makers
College Board and ACT move to grow and diversify as the pandemic fuels test-optional admissions trend
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
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"The push for equity stumbles into a truly gruesome place when educators are being trained or directed to shortchange some students based on how they look or where they live."
The Case for (Quality) Homework
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