The seduction of school choice
According to the legal scholar Martha Minow (2011), there have been at least five distinct...
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Tag: September 2021
A broader conception of school choice
A preoccupation with charter schools and vouchers has blinded us to other options. Should parents...
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How to choose tools and programs that are worth the investment
A free cost-utility analysis tool can help school leaders make evidence-based decisions about how...
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School boards and superintendents should work in concert
When it comes to discussing, implementing, and communicating potentially controversial decisions,...
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Marilyn Anderson Rhames recommends The Sum of Us
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee (One...
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Charter schools and equity: The power of accountability
Massachusetts uses its authorizing process and a system of regular site visits to ensure that...
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Sarah M. Stitzlein recommends ‘Democracy is Radical’
“Democracy is radical.” In J.A. Boydston (Ed.), John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953, Volume 2...
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Taking stock of public school choice in Kappan
Advocates of public school choice have endorsed various models for providing choices, and with...
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Mark Berends recommends Catholic Schools and the Common Good
Catholic Schools and the Common Good by Anthony S. Bryk, Valerie E. Lee, and Peter B. Holland...
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Choosing cyber during COVID
As public schools quickly went remote during the pandemic, some families turned to already...
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Are evangelical Christians abandoning public schools?
An analysis of PDK poll data shows that evangelicals and non-evangelicals are not so far apart in...
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