Category Archives: School choice
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
Just a quick post to share an op-ed from yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Two educational researchers attempt to “bust” five “myths about education.” What I like is that the list should give some pause to almost everyone. I recommend that you … 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
A few of the comments on this blog have hinted that I’m trying to spearhead either a libertarian or a right-wing educational crusade. Nope. When it comes to reforming education, I fall more into the “we’re all right and we’re … Continue reading
This is my last post about Indiana’s education reform efforts (for now), and it’s likely to be the most contentious. This fall marks the second year that low AND middle-income students (one way that Indiana differs from most states experimenting … 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
Blog readers know that I admire education commentator Rick Hess. He combines an ardent commitment to reform with a welcome insistence on asking how proposed reforms would work for teachers, parents, and students – in military parlance, the “boots on … 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