Education Reform Opinion
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We Need a More Productive debate About School Accountability, Not Tired Arguments Over Testing
Last week, we at the Center on Reinventing Public Education celebrated our twenty-fifth anniversary by hosting a convening of practitioners,…
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SCHILLING: Policymakers Should Listen to Voters on School Choice
Despite a lot of headwinds and massive spending by the teachers’ unions and other opponents of education reform, school-choice supporters…
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Illinois Students Need More — Not Fewer — Choices
What a loss it would be if politicians cheat the predominantly poor and minority students who attend these schools —…
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FLANDERS and DeANGELIS: Believe It or Not, Markets Work in Education
We know that school choice is popular and tends to grow in communities where education options are available. But we…
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CHARTER SCHOOL PARENT: NYC Parents Need Better Schools — Not More ‘Marketing’
The chancellor seems to believe that Harlem parents have rushed toward charter schools like shiny objects because of glossy paint…
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BARNARD: Stop Trying to Claim Charter Schools ‘Steal’ Money from Traditional Public Schools
Funding also falls when students transfer from one traditional school district to another — but nobody would say public dollars…
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SANZI: RI and MA Need Laws Making It Illegal for Teachers to Have Sex with 16-Year Old Students
We are a year into the #metoo movement and it remains legal in the state of Rhode Island for teachers,…
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ANTONUCCI: The Year of the Teacher Politician Was Entirely a Concoction of the NEA Teachers Union
Even the stories about the failure of teacher candidates cited NEA’s claim of nearly 1,800 educators on state legislative ballots.
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JACQUES: A Back Door to Quash School Choice
Michigan’s new crop of elected leaders are preparing to take over state government in January, and several of them campaigned…
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ALLEN: When Your Former Student Calls You His Superman, You Can Pretty Much Retire Happy
Well, this was cool and unexpected. A mentee of mine read my recent blog post about my former student Maleek,…
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McDONALD: Why Teen Suicide Is Lower in States That Have More School Choice
New research links school choice with improved childhood mental health.
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THE SEATTLE TIMES: Seattle Education Levy Should Benefit Charter Students, Too
And all public school children in Seattle should benefit from tax dollars collected in the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise…
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BARRON and DOMANICO: NYC’s Schools Chief Shows His Ignorance
Since becoming New York City schools chancellor six months ago, Richard Carranza has made clear that he has a broad…
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AUSTIN: Los Angeles Teachers Union’s Toxic Retoric Sets a Bad Example, Hinders Progress
It is an understatement to say we are living in dysfunctional, divisive and even dangerous times. Now more than ever,…
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HAASS: San Antonio Benefits from School Choice
Parents in San Antonio are increasingly exercising their right to choose the best-fit school for their children.
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MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE: After Issues with Fiscal Management, MN Schools That Won Taxpayer Support Need to Show Results
Although it’s worth celebrating that the districts have widespread community support, they must do more to live up to the…
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SZAFIR and PETERSON: This Building Is for Sale (but Not to a Charter School)
Declining enrollment has contributed to a growing inventory of vacant and half-empty school buildings in cities across the U.S. Private…
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BURKE: Regulations Threaten to Limit Best Schooling Options for Children
Although the education choice landscape is growing, government officials who take a heavy-handed approach to regulation threaten its long-term success.
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LIEBER: Texas School Boards: ‘Groupthink Mentality’
Texas has this obscure education rule that all 1,100-plus school boards in the state must undergo "Team of Eight" training…
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ALLEN: House Republicans Paid the Price for Their Inaction on Education
Many post-mortems about 2018 midterm elections are circulating. Everyone has an idea about why the Republicans lost the House. But…
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DeGROW: School Districts Exaggerate the Harms of Losing Students to Choice
Critics often say that when families leave a district, the result, especially in urban districts serving a predominantly minority population,…
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McSHANE: Want to Improve Rural Schools? Here Are Two Tips
Pop Quiz. Do more children in the United States attend charter schools or schools that statisticians classify as “rural?”
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WRIGHT: The Money Ought to Follow the Kid Regardless of What Kind of Public School They Choose
A recent blog post by the well-known edu-legends Carol Burris and Diane Ravitch on The Washington Post’s website made me…
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STOTSKY: Elementary Math Licensure Test: A Tale of Two States
Why did most legislation (in re-authorizations of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or ESEA) and in most grant programs…
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ANTONUCCI: Election-Day Final Sinks Teachers Running for Office In Three Education Battleground States
The 2018 election had something to support everyone’s opinion. Republicans added to their Senate majority but Democratic control of the…
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