Tag: Brookings Institution
How Florida districts fare in national school choice rankings
Once again, Florida school districts are well-represented in the Brookings Institution’s annual school choice rankings. Five Sunshine State districts land in the top 25 of the think tank’s 2016 Choice and Competition Index: Pinellas, Duval, Lee, Seminole and Broward Counties. No other state has as many districts ranked so highly.[Read More…]
Florida districts make a strong showing in annual school choice rankings
Pinellas County Schools is Florida’s top school choice district according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. The 2015 Education Choice and Competition Index ranks more than 100 large urban school districts A-F based on thirteen factors such as the availability and popularity of alternatives to neighborhood schools, fairness in school[Read More…]
Public school choice could soon become the norm
Over the past 15 years or so, a pretty big shift has taken hold in America’s largest school districts. A growing number of students who attend what are still called “traditional” or “neighborhood” public schools are doing so by choice. The above graph comes from a pair of posts by Russ Whitehurst[Read More…]
A ‘new educational paradigm’ for the most disengaged students
The recent era of education reform has seen achievement gaps narrow, and low-income black and Latino students improve their graduation rates. Yet, as Hugh B. Price argues in a new paper for the Brooking Institution, “the bottom line, after all these years, all the interventions, all the testing and tough love,[Read More…]
Noted researcher to study impact of public school choice program in Florida
Like other school choice programs where supply is overwhelmed by demand, the school district in Pinellas County, Fla. offers an option that causes plenty of joy and heartache. Some kids win the “fundamental school” lottery. Some kids lose. Some go on to the high-performing fundamentals, where they’re surrounded by peers[Read More…]