Charter Schools
“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.
Charter Schools
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
Charter Schools
EdNext Podcast: Serving All Students at Excel Academy
A group from Excel Academy in Boston joined Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how the charter network works to accommodate students with special needs, including English language learners and those with disabilities, into their program.
Charter Schools
The Education Exchange: Student Test Scores in Newark Charter Schools
Marcus Winters, an associate professor in Boston University and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new study by Winters that shows lasting test score gains for students at charter schools in Newark, N.J.
Charter Schools
The Education Exchange: Observations from Inside a Success Academy School
Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss his time observing a Success Academy school in the Bronx, and his new book, "How the Other Half Learns."
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Come to Jesus
Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy
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Public Support Grows for Higher Teacher Pay and Expanded School Choice
Results from the 2019 Education Next Poll
Charter Schools
An Authoritative Look at Charter Schools and Segregation
Have charter schools intensified the already high levels of segregation afflicting American public schools?
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How Charter School Regulations Harm Minority School Operators
In states with stricter rules, fewer Black and Hispanic applicants get charters approved, new research shows
The Costs of Cutting School Spending
Lessons from the Great Recession
Religious Charter Schools Will Test Limits of Espinoza Decision
A hypothetical dialogue explains the issues: “We will see you in court”
Test scores and college-going declined after Great Recession spending cuts
Reduced state education funding increased black-white achievement gap
The Better of the Two Big Antiracism Bestsellers
Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist lacks subtlety, but it beats White Fragility.
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The Better of the Two Big Antiracism Bestsellers
Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist lacks subtlety, but it beats White Fragility.
“The 1619 Project” Enters American Classrooms
Adding new sizzle to education about slavery—but at a significant cost.
Reopening Resilient Schools
With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open
The Rise of AltSchool and Other Micro-schools
Combinations of private, blended, and at-home schooling meet needs of individual students
How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality
Recession hiring boosts teacher quality and student learning
