Houston Schools Follow Charters’ Examples
Although the founders of the public charter school movement had hoped that traditional public schools would begin to imitate the best practices of charter schools, the response from the traditional...
View ArticleMore CA Traditional Schools Convert to Charters
According to the AP, Los Angeles Unified School District is experiencing a wave of charter conversions as traditional schools in the district vote to convert to charter status, a trend that is gaining...
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When Schools Close, Can Choice Schools Move In?
As under-performing districts lose students, what happens when schools have to close? Does the district make those facilities available to charter schools that can provide neighborhoods with new...
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Do Charters “Take” Money From Traditional Schools?
Charter schools are public schools, but they operate with considerably lower funding — just 61% on average — than traditional district public schools. Nationally, charters are funded, on average, at...
View ArticleWhy are failing schools “immortal”, not “immoral”?
A study released today by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute shows that failing schools are seldom closed and even more rarely improved. See the Performance Forum to read more.
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“Parent Trigger Law” gets its first test in CA
” The only way to succeed is to bring about a radical and unapologetic transfer of raw power from defenders of the status quo to parents, because they’re the only ones who care only about kids.” So...
View ArticleJoel Klein gets it
Joel Klein, the outgoing Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, offers parting comments on how we can improve public education. After 8 years working to improve the country’s largest...
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