School Choice
New Hampshire Court’s School Choice Decision was Flawed and Unprecedented
Last week, a New Hampshire trial court declared that the state’s nascent scholarship tax credit (STC) program could not fund students attending religious schools.
School Choice
Update on the Milwaukee School Choice Evaluation Dust-Up
Even in the face of substantial program attrition, students who were in the MPCP in 9th grade in 2006 graduated from high school, enrolled in college, and persisted in college at rates higher than similar students in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)
School Choice
Left-of-Center Reformers: Join the Voucher Movement Today
If the lack of accountability is reformers’ beef with voucher programs, that concern has been alleviated, at least in several states.
School Choice
Ravitch Blow-Up on School Choice
Diane Ravitch is angry. She is upset because parental school choice is thriving in Milwaukee.
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Yes, Valerie, School Choice Does Help Poor Kids
Yesterday, WaPo’s Valerie Strauss accused scholarship tax credit (STC) programs of operating as Reverse Robin Hoods, robbing from the poor to give to the rich.
School Choice
Putting Charter School Conspiracy Theories to Rest
A review of Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story by Ember Reichgott Junge
School Choice
We Can Change
Public education is a set of guiding principles—a combination of beliefs about something that ought to be provided. How we bring them to life is up to us.
School Choice
The Real Problem with Highly Regulated 'School Choice'
The problem is not that private schools won’t participate in heavily regulated school choice programs. The problem is that they will.
School Choice
Critique of Study of Voucher Impact on College Enrollment Misguided
Several of the issues raised by Goldrick-Rab have no merit and none undermine the primary conclusion of our study.
School Choice
Catholic v. Charters: Where’s the God Gene?
A couple of reports last week reanimated the debate about what to do with Catholic schools, which have been hemorrhaging students for the last couple of decades.
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
To Teach Better Writing, Don’t Ban Artificial Intelligence. Instead, Embrace it.
By inviting ChatGPT into the classroom instead of locking it out, schools can push students toward independent thinking in a way that doesn’t signal mistrust.
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
Take Away Their Cellphones
… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
