Tag: education equity
Will education savings accounts change America’s definition of ‘public education?’
Editor’s note: This interview, conducted by Robert Pondiscio, a senior visiting fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, with Ashley Berner, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, appeared last week on the institute’s website. Last week, two more states—Iowa and Utah—joined Arizona and West Virginia in adopting universal... READ MOREAs COVID pandemic wanes, expect more Black families to seek alternatives to traditional schools
Many families whose schools were closed in the early months...
READ MORESchool zoning laws don’t make much sense anymore
Public schools historically have been defined by their location. Whether...
READ MOREEquity, opportunity, efficiency: The future of K-12 funding has arrived
Editor’s note: This commentary from Marty Lueken, director of the...
READ MORERAND Corporation research evaluates microschool academic growth, validating measurements
Editor’s note: Don Soifer, author of this commentary, is president...
READ MOREPublic schools can’t escape criticism when reflecting on Brown v. Board
Nearly 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education rewrote...
READ MOREDedicated to the proposition
“Matters of fact … are very stubborn things.” Tindal, Will...
READ MOREJack Coons: Childhood responsibility and freedom
Webster defines the adjectives “free” and “responsible” as follows: Free:...
READ MOREFlorida senator shares heartfelt advocacy on behalf of education choice
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) recently joined the Brookings Institute...
READ MOREThere was no school, so this teacher created one
LaBELLE, Fla. – Nearly a century before micro-schools became a...
READ MOREIn memory of a champion of school choice for lower-income parents
Stephen Dwight Sugarman died the day after Christmas, interrupting almost...
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