Thirty years ago, when the charter school movement was just getting off the ground, devotees of big-city school systems worried that these new options would drain critical funding, hurt the kids left behind, and worsen an unequal and unjust system. It wasn’t a crazy...
Last week, Will Wood explored the “myth of school choice” characterizing its flaw by saying there are a fixed number of schools, a smaller number of “best” schools and all children will want to go to the “best” schools which means many children will have to go to 2nd...
Nearly a decade ago, it appeared there might be a détente between those who support only public school choice and those who also support private school choice options, such as vouchers and tuition tax credits. At the time, both groups found a lot to like in so-called...
It used to be that most everyone went to public schools and the only political debate about this was how much more to give the schools next year. That started to change in the 1990s and gained momentum into this century. Last year, 19 states passed reforms to allow...
The Department of Education is “waging war on charter schools” with recently proposed rules that would make it tougher for them to receive start-up grants, a school choice advocate told Fox News. The rule would tighten requirements on charter schools...
The state of Maine isn’t a place we normally associate with religious bigotry. Yet something unpleasant lies beneath its seemingly reasonable law allowing parents to direct public funding such that they can send their children to a school of their choice. For...
