The vast majority of parents believe their children are performing at or above grade level in both reading and math. According to nationally representative data from nonprofit parent advocacy organization Learning Heroes, across race, class, income and education levels, 90% of parents think their children are proficient in these two subjects. Educators know the reality … Continue reading Parent focus groups reveal disconnect between real and perceived student performance
Missouri Charter school expansion inches closer
The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill in March that would allow charter schools to be established in any school district where at least one school earns a score of below 60 percent on its Annual Performance Report from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at least twice in a three year … Continue reading Missouri Charter school expansion inches closer
Colorado’s Plan for Rating Schools Gets the Fundamentals Right
So far, watching state ESSA plans roll in has been a bit like rooting for the Washington Redskins (or, if you prefer, the Washington Football Team). Every fall starts with fresh hopes. Yet every spring fans are asking the same questions: What went wrong? Why can’t management learn from its mistakes? Why does it always … Continue reading Colorado’s Plan for Rating Schools Gets the Fundamentals Right
Finding the Right Fit for Charters and Special-Needs Students
Within the foxholes of New Jersey’s charter school wars, the target de jour is special education, specifically the accusation by school-choice opponents that alternative public schools intentionally discriminate against children with special needs. In posh Princeton, the charter school there just received approval to expand its enrollment by 76 students, and a primary line of … Continue reading Finding the Right Fit for Charters and Special-Needs Students
Who Could Benefit From School Choice? Mapping Access to Public and Private Schools
Executive Summary School choice is at the center of the Trump administration’s education policy efforts, with initial proposals calling for additional funding for charters and other forms of public school choice, as well as the creation of a new federal private school choice program. Some advocates have raised concerns about whether expanding school choice will … Continue reading Who Could Benefit From School Choice? Mapping Access to Public and Private Schools
Federal Education Grant For New Charter Schools Continues to Discriminate Against Private For-Profit Education Management Organizations
The U.S. Department of Education released a new charter school grant competition that would make available millions of new dollars for states to spur the creation of new high quality charter schools. While this grant program is welcomed, it nevertheless continues the previous administrations' discrimination against for-profit education management organizations (EMOs). Here's the link for … Continue reading Federal Education Grant For New Charter Schools Continues to Discriminate Against Private For-Profit Education Management Organizations
Scientific Evidence of Private School Choice – Corey A. DeAngelis
Published on Mar 31, 2017 Texas SB 3, House Committee Corey A. DeAngelis, Distinguished Doctoral Fellow in Education Policy, Dept. of Education Reform, University of Arkansas
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ Prepared Remarks to the Brookings Institution
Remarks delivered March 29, 2017. Thank you, Russ, for that kind introduction, and thank you for your work to develop this important report. And thank you to all of you for taking the time to come here today.This report focuses on something everyone here knows I’m passionate about: increasing education options for parents and students. … Continue reading U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ Prepared Remarks to the Brookings Institution
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