Sparking the evolution of education choice
Editor’s note: In this commentary, American Federation for Children chairman Bill Oberndorf explains a state-based strategy for advancing school choice in an interview with Education Next senior editor Paul Peterson. The interview first appeared on the Education Next website. Paul Peterson: Why did you decide to focus much of your[Read More…]
Earlier this week, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joined Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to talk about the lessons he learned dealing with crisis and how those lessons can be applied to the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges it poses for K-12 education. Among the suggestions Bush offers state and[Read More…]
Ever since Donald Trump became president, opponents of school choice have tried to tie charter schools, vouchers and scholarship tax credits to the polarizing politician. A new public opinion survey suggests those tactics might not be working as intended. Survey researchers with Education Next asked questions about two school choice[Read More…]
Last week’s Education Next poll revealed a surprising partisan divide over private school choice, in which Democrats were actually more likely than Republicans to support vouchers. It also showed that partisan split has held for years, and seems to be widening over time. That got us wondering: Is this some[Read More…]
Republicans are often the strongest backers of school vouchers in Congress and state legislatures, but among rank-and-file partisans, private school choice may actually enjoy greater backing from Democrats. That’s one of the more surprising findings from the latest wide-ranging public opinion survey by the school reform journal Education Next. The[Read More…]
Earlier this year, the Florida Legislature pursued an expansion of public school choice, but the effort fell apart in the waning days of the legislative session. A new national survey suggests the public strongly supports such a concept. Nearly two-thirds of parents surveyed by Phi Delta Kappan and Gallup said[Read More…]
A new survey from Education Next suggests conservatives interested in expanding school choice may be shooting themselves in the foot by opposing Common Core. The reason? According to the survey results, Americans become more favorable to school choice (and other education reforms) when they are better informed about the relative[Read More…]
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…]
