Location, location, location. Even when parents are able to pick which public school their children attend, it still matters a lot — and can limit the ability of low-income children of color to access high-performing schools. That’s the takeaway from a new study of school choice in Denver, a city widely hailed[Read More…]
Tag: Denver Public Schools
Choice, charters and democracy in Denver
Anyone who thinks it’s impossible to transform a large, urban school district under democratic control has to contend with Denver Public Schools. District leaders embraced a “portfolio strategy,” of charters, choice and greater autonomy for district schools. How they transformed the district — and then stood for re-election and lived to tell about it —[Read More…]
This week in school choice: Working together
From voucher regulation to district-charter collaboration, here is our weekly rundown of what happened over the past week in school choice. There was some good news on the West Coast, from the L.A. School Report. At her first community town hall as LA Unified’s superintendent, Michelle King received the most[Read More…]
Majority of Denver families opting for school choice
Eddie of Ed is Watching fame brings us news on school choice from Denver via The Denver Post. The Post is reporting that more than 1 of every 2 families in Denver Public Schools is opting out of their assigned schools and taking advantage of the district’s liberal open-enrollment policies[Read More…]