Blog
ESA Expansion Underscores Urgent Need for School Finance Reform
Let more money follow students, rather than staying with school districts for students they no longer serve.
Governance and Leadership
Success of Educational Choice Laws Will Depend on Implementing Them with Excellence
Competence, clear, consistent rules, and communication will ease ESA transformation
Blog
Passing Universal Education Savings Accounts Is the Base Camp. Don’t Mistake It for the Peak.
After a law is enacted, the implementation work begins.
Charter Schools
Oklahoma’s Approval of America’s First-Ever Religious Charter School Is Cause for Celebration
Religious pluralism, Free Exercise Clause of First Amendment outweigh concerns of critics
Curriculum
Stanford Summer Math Camp Defense Doesn’t Add Up, Either
Flawed, non-causal research that the proposed California framework embraces
Blog
From Harvard, Hope
Recent education research highlights some positive results along with the setbacks and false starts
Math
Stanford Summer Math Camp Researchers Defend Study
Critique of California math framework draws a response
Blog
“Stop Wishing Away Evidence of No Progress”
Instead, “transmit what is finest in our multicultural inheritance,” says David Steiner
Social and Emotional Learning
Yes, Petting a Guinea Pig Can Be SEL, if It’s Done Effectively
High-quality implementation is more likely to bring positive results.