The enthusiasm of some school choice advocates is leading them to make their case in ways that are tone-deaf or counterproductive. Frederick Hess, in EducationNext, suggests that advocates for school choice take a less frontal approach in promoting choice. Source: How Not to Argue for School Choice - Education Next : Education Next
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Is NACSA the cause of a national charter school slowdown?
By Nelson Smith, NACSA senior advisor and M. Karega Rausch, NACSA vice president of research and evaluation Charter school growth is slowing down. A lot of folks are conjecturing about the reasons … read the report here. Source: Charter School Growth: Down But Not Out - NACSA
With Just One Black Teacher, Black Students More Likely to Graduate « News from The Johns Hopkins University
Low-income black students who have at least one black teacher in elementary school are significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, concludes a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins University economist. Source: With Just One Black Teacher, Black Students More Likely to Graduate « News from The Johns Hopkins University
Former U.S. Secretary of Education, John King, disparages private for-profit charter school operators
April 10: Former US Secretary of Education John King is critical of for-profit education management organizations (EMOs), suggesting that these charter school operators are more interested in profit than in serving students. He made this disparaging comment during a panel discussion on school accountability at the American Enterprise Institute (see minute 1:22:45 in the embedded … Continue reading Former U.S. Secretary of Education, John King, disparages private for-profit charter school operators
Detroit’s death march will continue without the creation of great schools and safe neighborhoods
Many of the basic U.S. Census statistics remain frankly discouraging. The poverty rate in Detroit shot up between the 2010 census and the 2015 update, to about 40% in 2015 from less than 35% five years earlier. (It was 26% back in 2000.) That probably reflects more families of means moving out of the city, leaving … Continue reading Detroit’s death march will continue without the creation of great schools and safe neighborhoods
Setting the Record Straight on School Choice – American Federation for Children
Recent columns in the news media, including ones in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, are using self-selected data points to suggest that private school choice programs do not work for children. This assertion, while it makes a nice headline and feeds a false narrative the […] Source: Setting the Record Straight on … Continue reading Setting the Record Straight on School Choice – American Federation for Children
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signs sweeping school voucher bill
PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a major school voucher expansion bill that will extend eligibility to all 1.1 million state schoolchildren despite vehement opposition from Democrats who believe it will undercut public education and cost taxpayers untold millions of dollars. "When parents have more choices, kids win," Ducey tweeted after … Continue reading Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signs sweeping school voucher bill
School Inc. (a documentary)
School Inc. is a global exploration of discovery by the late Andrew Coulson, senior fellow of education policy at Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. He takes viewers on a worldwide personal quest for an answer to the question—if you build a better way to teach a subject, why doesn’t the world beat a path … Continue reading School Inc. (a documentary)
Illinois’ ESSA plan assumes graduation rates for White and Asian students will worsen by 2032
The following states have thus far submitted their ESSA implementation plans to the U.S. Department of Education: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Vermont and Illinois. The Illinois plan anticipates that all subgroups of students will achieve at least 90% proficiency levels in reading and math by 2032 (see below). Although this appears to be … Continue reading Illinois’ ESSA plan assumes graduation rates for White and Asian students will worsen by 2032
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