Charter Schools
What Should Our Leaders Do About Failing Schools?
Innovation zones—with autonomy, accountability, independent boards, and extra funding—can bring improvement.
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Charter Schools Go to College
Networks follow graduates to campuses with support to promote success
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What’s Next in New Orleans
The Louisiana city has the most unusual school system in America. But can the new board of a radically decentralized district handle the latest challenges?
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What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools
Most students are capable of much more learning than they are asked to do
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Why So Many People Are Disappointed With Their Educations—And How To Start Fixing It.
Alternative pathways can help students find a “vocational self” and upward mobility
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Charter Schools Show Steeper Upward Trend in Student Achievement than District Schools
First nationwide study of trends shows large gains for African Americans at charters
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How Big Charter Networks Made the Switch to Remote Learning
Schools that were better before the pandemic did better during the pandemic
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“No Excuses High,” Trapped by Its Own Success?
Highly regimented charter schools deliver the test results, but their methods may be ill-suited to the independent realities of college life.
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Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
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