Tag: common schools
Mr. Gibbons’ Report Card: What is a public school?
Wayne Au, University of Washington at Bothell Wayne Au, an education professor and plaintiff in League of Women Voters v. State (the case that found charter schools unconstitutional in Washington) claims charter schools aren’t public schools. Au’s actually conflating the word “public school” with the concept of the “common school,” a 19th-century... READ MORESchool choice opposition too often mired in myths
Education is a complex and nuanced issue, and advocates on...
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Editor’s note: Craig S. Engelhardt is a former teacher and...
READ MOREA better way to define “public education”
For the last 150 years, we have assumed “public education”...
READ MORESchool choice is good for democracy
The belief that a society or a nation can be...
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