Category Archives: charter schools
This paper has been sitting on my desktop for several weeks, but election day’s votes to expand charters in Washington (state) and Georgia reminded me that I’d meant to post it. The author is a Harvard economics professor and the … Continue reading
Education pundits continue to debate why Indiana’s reforming school chief, Tony Bennett, was defeated at the polls. There are two theories, and it looks like they’re both right. One theory is that Bennett was taken down by common core opponents. … Continue reading
I’m re-posting a comment from charter school director Carolyn Sharette here, in hopes that her stinging words will reach more readers . . . and touch more consciences. She’s responding to my blog reports that the great majority of states, … Continue reading
First, let me acknowledge that I stole this title from Elizabeth Price Foley. It was her post on Instapundit that alerted me to an article from the European edition of the Wall Street Journal highlighting the Socialist government’s latest education … Continue reading
Even as I’ve argued for more stringent teacher evaluations, I’ve grown increasingly alarmed by the highly rigid, paperwork-laden systems that some state legislatures and state education offices seem eager to impose. Today’s New York Times includes a very persuasive op-ed … Continue reading
Not all Chicago public school students get to spend this week communing with their video games. As Bloomberg reports, For the 52,000 who attend public charter schools, it will be business as usual — and business is pretty good. Chicago … Continue reading
In my last post I listed some of the educational reform measures that Indiana has adopted, including a more stringent teacher evaluation system, expansion (and more supervision) of charter schools, and a voucher program limited to low-income students. These laws … Continue reading
I promised that I’d post about some of the education reform efforts going forward in other states. The American Enterprise Institute recently issued a report on Indiana’s reform efforts: Implementing Indiana’s “Putting Students First” Agenda: Early Lessons and Potential Futures.” … Continue reading
I’ll continue throwing out suggestions for how Utah could most effectively spend its (inevitably limited) additional educational resources. But meanwhile, a debate over charter schools has been raging among the people commenting on this blog, and I can’t resist wading … Continue reading
A few weeks ago one of the commentators on this blog noted that I have a “libertarian” view of education. I’ve thought about this some, and decided that this label is partly true. But only partly. What’s true is that … Continue reading