A Washington Post poll http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/politics/district/fentyoneyear/011308dcpoll.html this month revealed, once again, that D.C ...
Close low-performing, underenrolled schools. Expand high-performing, in-demand schools. This formula has tremendous upside. It’s what cities like New Orleans, Denver and Indianapolis have done to ...
The best way to predict a school’s test scores this year is to look at its scores from the previous year. But do “good” schools tend to stay high-performing? For how long? To find out, I looked at 20 ...
According to new research from the National Center for Charter School Accountability, one in four charter schools end up closing down by their fifth year in operation, and half don't make it to year ...
They moved schools away from local, democratic control into the hands of regulators and bureaucrats who instituted pay scales based on longevity in the job rather than performance, last-in-first-out ...
A little more than a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed legislation adding Florida to the growing list of states with universal school choice, parents are voting with their feet and leaving ...
Fall is school choice season for families looking to get into limited-admission magnet or choice public schools and private schools for next year. Tens of millions of families nationwide have looked ...