School Choice
New Systems of Schools and Common Enrollment
If cities simply add more choice schools in the absence of changes to the enrollment process, parents can struggle to find information on schools, be forced to fill out widely varying school applications, and then receive a staggered barrage of acceptance and rejection notices.
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Are School Choice Technocrats Needed?
School choice advocates should be very wary of the kind of right-of-center technocratic tinkering that has crippled school choice programs in Louisiana and Wisconsin.
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School Choice Technocrats Wanted
As the traditional urban school district is slowly replaced by a system marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government’s role in public schooling) are needed.
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Behind the Headline: D.C. Voucher Program at Center of Fiscal Fight (Again)
This year's budget request from the President includes a reduction in funds for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
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Behind the Headline: Title I Portability Sticky Wicket in NCLB Rewrite
While the debate over annual testing has gotten a great deal of attention, the issue of Title I portability is emerging as possibly a bigger obstacle to agreement on reauthorization of NCLB, notes Lauren Camera of Politics K-12.
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Portfolio Districts: One Ring to Rule Them All
I am wary of portfolio districts, mayoral takeovers, and other proposals for a super-regulator to govern all choice and traditional schools.
School Choice
Improving Educational Options for Georgia Children
Raising the cap on Georgia’s scholarship tax credit program is an ideal way to bring freedom and excellence to K-12 education.
School Choice
Good Reads for National School Choice Week
These articles illuminate some elements of the world of school choice that don't always get the most attention.
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On Designing K-12 Education Savings Accounts
Education savings accounts operate like the "partial voucher" that Milton Friedman envisioned more than a decade ago.
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Views from Private Schools
Policymakers seeking to improve the quantity and quality of educational options for families through private school choice programs should consider the opinions of the school leaders poised to serve those customers.
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