Both the successes and failures of school integration have a lot to teach those seeking to reform the public education system today.
Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012
By Stephanie Simon May 15 (Reuters) - During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rh...
Kevin P. Chavous | Posted 05.15.2012
We can't wait for schools to get better while we continue to lose kids. We must act now by immediately implementing education reforms for kids in low-performing schools.
Joel Mahoney | Posted 05.01.2012
Last year, Code for America built an application to streamline the Boston school discovery process. By moving the eligibility criteria into the application's source code, DiscoverBPS allows parents to focus on what's important to them.
Holly Robinson | Posted 04.01.2012
Your child needs to be learning in a place that will support his strengths rather than view him as a problem. For children who are bright or anxious, active or inattentive, simply changing how and where they learn can make all the difference.
Joe Trippi | Posted 03.31.2012
If we can't come together and put politics and ideology aside to focus on the future of our kids, is there any issue where true bi-partisanship can emerge?
Malcom Glenn | Posted 03.31.2012
There's frequent talk of how the school choice debate no longer falls along traditional ideological lines -- of how courageous Democrats are embracing charters, vouchers, and other reforms. Last week was proof positive of the turning tide.
Maureen Costello | Posted 03.26.2012
When we talk about school choice -- which is most often associated with charter schools -- we can't let feel-good words and a glitzy campaign prevent us from providing our children with the best education possible.
Posted 01.24.2012
Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist...
AP | By CHARLES WILSON | Posted 03.15.2012
INDIANAPOLIS -- A judge upheld Indiana's school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents' arguments that the largest such program in the nation unco...
John Merrow | Posted 03.13.2012
With 2012 off to a strong start, we wanted to quickly look back on 2011 and showcase some of the production work that my organization, Learning Matters, did last year.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.09.2012
Just in time for the law's 10th anniversary this past Sunday, House Republicans led by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) have released draft legislation for r...
hollysprings.patch.com | Posted 03.05.2012
"When you add in private schools and preschools, it makes your community more appealing."...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.21.2011
In nearly two decades, only 3 percent of charter schools have ever been closed for underperforming, according to a new report released Tuesday. The...
Shaun Johnson | Posted 02.14.2012
Think Progress recently reported on a comment from a top-executive with the American Legislative Exchange Council that some children eating rat poison is "an acceptable risk."
Sam Chaltain | Posted 02.07.2012
A debate is raging over which set of economic proposals to pursue in order to rebuild the national economy. At the same time, K-12 education reformers are engaged in their own frantic search for the right recipe(s) that can unlock the full power of teaching and learning.
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Sue Frey
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Posted 01.17.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. Several dozen elementary schools with scores higher than the state's target for aca...
Posted 01.11.2012
In May, When Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law the creation of a voucher program that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send thei...
Posted 12.07.2011
Michigan's state Senate narrowly passed a bill Thursday that allows the expansion of charter schools in the state. The bill now goes to the state H...
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Bill Lueders
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Posted 11.25.2011
This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the third of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...
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Bill Lueders
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Posted 11.21.2011
This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the first of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...
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Bill Lueders
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Posted 11.20.2011
This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the first of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.16.2011
During a year of turmoil, layoffs and wrangling over the hiring and firing of teachers, American appreciation for teachers reached an all-time high --...
Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 10.09.2011
The time is now, right now, to find -- or found -- good schools that will serve the next generation of Americans as engines of opportunity in an intensely competitive information age.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 09.26.2011
NEW YORK -- The Walton Family Foundation announced a $49.5 million grant Wednesday to help double the size of Teach for America's national teaching co...
Sarah Garland | Posted 05.23.2012