Winter 2001: Vol. 1, No. 4

It’s time for America to adopt European-style exit exams

Does school choice push public schools to improve?

Can new management save urban school districts?

In Baltimore, the mayor’s lack of success at school reform led to a state takeover of the city’s schools. In Washington, D.C., mayoral control has begun to stabilize the system. So what does this tell us about the ability of city hall to run a school system?

Just a few years back, school-based management was the rage in Cleveland. Except that the central office wasn’t all that interested in relinquishing control