Vouchers and Tax Credits
The Education Exchange: Amid the Pandemic, Private School Students Are Actually Going to School
"Private schools obviously are relying on parents to pay the fees, and therefore have a greater incentive to get their kids back into school and do it safely. Charters and traditional publics don't have that same incentive."
Vouchers and Tax Credits
The Education Exchange: New Research Links Milwaukee School Vouchers and Reduction in Criminal Activity
"We found about a 53% reduction in drug convictions, an 86% reduction in property damage convictions....It looks like school choice is associated with reductions in crime."
Vouchers and Tax Credits
The Education Exchange: More Evidence of Higher College Attainment from Milwaukee’s Voucher Program
A professor of education policy at the University of Arkansas, Patrick Wolf, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf's latest findings from Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program. Wolf's research explores whether voucher students are more likely to attain higher levels of education than their peers outside of the program.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
EdNext Podcast: The Lessons of the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Patrick J. Wolf, professor at the University of Arkansas, joins EdNext Editor-in-Chief Marty West to discuss the effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, the statewide school-voucher initiative, including its impact on student test scores and which schools participated in the program.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
The Education Exchange: Florida Tax Credit Scholarships Boost College Enrollment
The Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program is the nation’s largest private school choice program. A new study finds that students who enroll in private schools through the FTC program are more likely to go to and graduate from college than their public school peers.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
The Education Exchange: Choosing Vouchers in North Carolina
Paul E. Peterson talks with Anna Egalite of N.C. State about her new study looking at why some private schools do and others don't participate in North Carolina's means-tested voucher program and also at how families make the decision about whether or not to use a school voucher.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
EdNext Podcast: How Does Parental Satisfaction Vary Across School Sectors?
Two new studies compare the views of charter school parents to the views of private school and district school parents.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
EdNext Podcast: Should Massachusetts Allow More Charter Schools?
In November, voters will have a chance to weigh in directly on the state's charter school policy. Should they vote to allow more charter schools? Which direction does the evidence point?
Vouchers and Tax Credits
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk about Caroline Hoxby's random assignment study of student achievement in charter schools in New York City.
Charter Schools Narrow Achievement Gaps in New York City
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk about Caroline Hoxby's random assignment study of student achievement in charter schools in New York City.
Vouchers and Tax Credits
Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. discuss the week’s education news, including an announcement that a charter school in Massachusetts has signed a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers, an agreement that includes merit pay.
Charter Schools, Unions, and Linking Teachers with Student Achievement Data
Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. discuss the week’s education news, including an announcement that a charter school in Massachusetts has signed a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers, an agreement that includes merit pay. Trending Stories
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College Board and ACT move to grow and diversify as the pandemic fuels test-optional admissions trend
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
The Case for (Quality) Homework
Why it improves learning, and how parents can help
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
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"The push for equity stumbles into a truly gruesome place when educators are being trained or directed to shortchange some students based on how they look or where they live."
