Imagine if parents could pick and choose individual courses for their children, from an endless array of different providers, in the same way they now pick and choose other products online. Michael Brickman, the national policy analyst for the Fordham Institute, says that world may not too far in the[Read More…]
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Coming next week: Course choice chat
Things are changing so fast with parental choice, charter schools and vouchers are starting to look old school. Before you know it, a lot more parents won’t just be choosing schools for their children, they’ll be choosing individual courses. It’s called course choice. And to help us all get a[Read More…]
Rep. Diaz: I oppose testing mandate for FL school choice scholarships
A key player in legislation to expand school choice scholarships in Florida said Monday he will fight to keep scholarship students from having to take the same standardized tests as their public school counterparts. The comments from state Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, are squarely at odds with calls for a[Read More…]
Next week: A chat about faith-based schools
The U.S. is home to 21,000 faith-based schools. They serve 4.3 million students. They’ve long been an integral part of the American mosaic. Yet today, many of them are under intense financial strain, particularly in urban areas where, for generations, they’ve admirably served low-income students. At a time when American[Read More…]
FL state Sen. John Legg on Common Core, PARCC, school choice & more
One of Florida’s top education leaders offered a strong defense of Common Core Wednesday, saying while legitimate concerns exist “we cannot let political rhetoric and emotion impede us from implementing rigorous standards and high expectations for students.” The comments from state Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz, the influential chair of the[Read More…]
Rick Hess on school choice, Common Core and for-profits in education
For those who dismiss the potential upside of for-profits in education, Rick Hess asks them to consider virtually every other aspect of their lives. “Think about other big investments people make: their house, their car, their tablet or smartphone,” wrote Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute,[Read More…]
Next week: A live chat with Rick Hess
Nothing gets critics of school choice and education reform more riled up than the specter of privatization. The response from Rick Hess: It’s complicated. For-profits in education can bring problems, he says. But they can also be a big help. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise[Read More…]
Doug Tuthill on school choice, accountability, Common Core & more
In today’s chat, we talked with Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up For Students in Florida. Readers asked him about everything from Common Core and private schools, to whether the value of tax credit scholarships should be increased, to the right balance between school choice and government regs when it[Read More…]