DeVos and Trump Must Heed Lessons of Common Core and NCLB
The Washington Examiner warns that Donald Trump & Betsy DeVos should learn the lessons of Common Core and No Child Left Behind, avoid top-down initiatives.
Category: School Choice
Jeb Bush’s RNC Speech
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush spoke Thursday night at the 2012 Republican National Convention. As you might guess he focused his remarks
Voucher Programs Need to Be Cut Off From the Common Core
I’m a school choice advocate, and full disclosure – my wife and I (mostly my wife) homeschool our three children. That said
Open Thread Discussion: What Do You Think About Same Sex Public Schools?
North Carolina just opened up two of them. I have mixed feelings. On one hand as a former youth pastor who had
Transferring Poor Performing Public Schools to Poorly Performing Charters
I had a post from Diane Ravitch emailed to me this morning. In a post entitled “Theft of Public Education in Memphis”
School-Based Management
Governing highlighted a practice that seems to fly in the face of the current trend toward centralization… Detroit for instance is moving
Online Education: Choice is Good, Mandates Are Not
I read an article written by Beth Hawkins that was part news and mostly conspiracy theory in the MinnPost. First the news,
The Missing Ingredient to Education Innovation: Choice
While a recent Council on Foreign Relations Task force report indicated that we need national standards of which I vehemently disagree. They
Mick Zais’ Battle for Education Reform in South Carolina
Ben Velderman of the Education Action Group wrote an excellent profile on South Carolina State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais in a
Local Control Doesn’t Have to Be Sacrificed for School Choice
The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education released a white paper this week entitled “Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal