June 18, 2008
"Families That Can," the first-ever statewide advocacy organization for charter school families, has taken on LAUSD for its disparate treatment of their children. Instead of balancing the budget on the backs of charter-school students, California politicians should back up parents' educational choices. Enforcing the law would be a good place to start.
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May 27, 2008
Elected officials are now fighting back against powerful opponents of parental choice in education. If lawmakers keep up the fight, schoolchildren will benefit and California may yet restore its status as a national leader.
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May 22, 2008
There are more than 12,000 families on waiting lists to enroll their children in one of Chicago’s charter schools, and in a recent poll, 25 percent of Illinois families specifically listed charter schools as their first choice in education.... Unfortunately, charter schools face an arbitrary glass ceiling and will be unable to reach new heights unless state law is changed.
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April 21, 2008
More than his race, background or any physical feature, Governor Paterson stands out nationally as a liberal African-American Democrat who strongly supports the rights of parents to choose the best school for their children.
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April 11, 2008
Bleak socioeconomic forces - substantial disparities in reading and math skills and widening wage gaps - can only be addressed when families have public school choices with options that work "one student at a time."
Read more »April 7, 2008
Andrew Coulson lays out full school choice as an educationally and fiscally compelling option for DC's public school students - who are currently being undereducated by the dysfunctional district system to the tune of $24,600/pupil.
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March 19, 2008
Every year as objectionable math programs are introduced into schools, parents are alarmed at what isn't being taught. The National Mathematics Panel's new report, Foundations for Success, offers hope.
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February 5, 2008
How is it that governors - who have nearly ultimate power to change education laws for the better - spend most of the education space in their State of the State addresses year after year touting money as their "unique" answer to improving education in their state?
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November 30, 2007
The difference between traditional and present-day teaching is striking. The emphasis is now on big concepts. These come at the expense of learning and mastering the basics. Getting the right answer no longer matters. In theory, it is student-centered inquiry-based learning. In practice it has become teacher-centered omission of instruction.
Read more »October 29, 2007
Many parents and their elected officials will be shocked to learn that there are hundreds of affluent, underperforming public schools throughout the Golden State in areas with median home prices exceeding $1 million. Nationwide, six out of 10 public school fourth and eighth graders who are not poor score below proficiency in math and reading. There is a remedy...
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