Mr. Gibbons' Report Card: AEA points fingers and parents marching in NYC
Alabama Education Association The Institute for Justice, a national civil-libertarian oriented legal firm, stepped in last week to defend Alabama’s...
Read More >Reporting on school choice lacks nuance, perspective
Politico has built an impressive audience by bringing intellectual heft to pinched political debates, but Stephanie Simon’s treatment of school...
Read More >Mr. Gibbons' Report Card: de Blasio's war on school choice, ESAs and more
Bill de Blasio New York City’s bizarre Democratic primary for mayor left Bill de Blasio as the party’s official candidate....
Read More >The only chart you need to see about DOJ’s anti-voucher suit in Louisiana
The U.S. Department of Justice says it filed suit against the voucher program in Louisiana because it was concerned about...
Read More >Mr. Gibbons' Report Card: Loch Ness monster, DOJ spreadsheets & more
We're trying something new today: an occasional report card that offers a quick analysis of education reform news from around...
Read More >A closer look at cherry pickin’ – and who’s doing it
Charter schools are often accused of cherry picking students by expelling the lowest performers – a misleading claim I wrote...
Read More >Charter schools are not pushing out low-performing students
Earlier this week, University of Illinois Professor Chris Lubienski penned a thoughtful piece on charter schools and social justice. His...
Read More >Charter schools: more diversity, more poverty, similar results
Every year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases its School and Staffing Survey, a treasure mine of interesting...
Read More >NEPC takes a U-turn on CREDO charter schools study
Last week Diane Ravitch warned her readers not to trust the findings of the latest Center for Research on Education...
Read More >A closer look at the new kid on school choice block
We all know about charter schools, vouchers and tax-credit scholarships. But there is a new kid on the school choice...
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