School choice and district deregulation go together
The median American parent in the United States supports their local public schools and wants access to alternatives for their children....
Read More >Get smart fast vol. 10
Historian David Labaree explains the roots of a strange paradox in education: Progressive pedagogy finds refuge America's colleges of education....
Read More >Yes, parents can be the deciders and yes, there are safeguards
A recent article in the Tampa Bay Times dissected parents' uses of Florida's education choice scholarships, including some unconventional uses of...
Read More >Pain, stress and public education's return to normal
If I had to choose one word to summarize the problems facing public education since the start of the Covid-19...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 9
Who benefits from remote work? Research says that on average, remote workers are less productive from employers' perspectives. But they...
Read More >Some forms of learning defy measurement; that's OK
In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech at the University of Kansas where he lamented the shortcomings of conventional...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 8
What report cards don't tell us Parents often don't know how well their kids are doing in school. There are...
Read More >Long live the public school
Rumors of the death of public education have been greatly exaggerated. Any reader who gets past the cover of The...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 7
Summer Fun? A new evaluation finds summer learning can boost student results in math, but not English, and not enough...
Read More >Get smart fast, vol. 6
New research from L.A. Unified suggests remote learning was an academic disaster for the average student. But some students did better...
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