Spring 2018 / Vol. 18, No. 2
FEATURES
An American Perspective on Chinese Schooling
Michelle Rhee talks with Lenora Chu about her new book, Little Soldiers
RESEARCH
FORUM
Programs Benefit Disadvantaged Students
School voucher programs, which allow eligible families to send their children to private schools with the help of public funds, have sparked controversy since the first such initiative was launched in Milwaukee in 1991. Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private-school-choice programs, which include not only government-issued vouchers but also […]
Still Waiting for Convincing Evidence
Do public-school students who move to a private school with a government-funded voucher benefit from making this switch? A growing body of research is shedding light on this question. Of particular interest are findings coming out of three states and the District of Columbia, all of which have implemented ambitious voucher programs over the past […]
Lessons Learned from Indiana
The Indiana Choice Scholarship Program, launched in 2011, offers a rich opportunity to study how a large-scale tuition-voucher program works and to analyze the results it has produced in its first few years. As we consider the merits of private-school choice and what it would take to make it succeed, this initiative deserves particular attention: […]
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Surveying the Charter School Landscape
From the Editor: Some highlights from the Spring 2018 issue of Education Next
