Spring 2017 / Vol. 17, No. 2
FEATURES
Will the XQ “Super Schools” Live Up to Their Name?
A new philanthropy’s competition to reinvent high school
The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight
What the Obama administration’s signature reform got wrong
What Do Parents Think of Their Children’s Schools?
EdNext poll compares charter, district, and private schools nationwide
How Satisfied are Parents with Their Children’s Schools?
New evidence from a U.S. Department of Education survey
RESEARCH
FORUM
Reconsidering the Supreme Court’s Rodriguez Decision
Is there a federal constitutional right to education?
Inequitable Schools Demand a Federal Remedy
Rodriguez will one day be considered as erroneous as the court’s approval of the “separate but equal” doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Federal Courts Can’t Solve Our Education Ills
As a matter of constitutional law, Rodriguez was correctly decided.
CHECK THE FACTS
BOOK REVIEWS
A Judicious Overview of the Charter Movement
A review of “Charter Schools at the Crossroads” by Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon L. Wright
BRIEFS
Under New Administration, Small Measures Could Foster Big Change
The best solution may be to offer federal support for programs that the states themselves design, advancing the cause of school choice while respecting the principle of local control that Trump has also championed.
