School Choice

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has always been the cradle of innovation and success for American public schools. The country’s first public schools were

Charter public school advocates are rallying in Chicago this morning to demonstrate their schools’ achievements and demand more equitable funding. https://

All eyes are on Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) plans for a one-day strike on Friday. Parents are scrambling to find place

Successions are often tough times for schools of all kinds. When one principal leaves and another takes over, everything changes—for good or bad. Making th

This week, the Civil Rights Project at UCLA came out with a report on charter and traditional public schools’ discipline practices. The Civil Rights Projec

With Senate confirmation of John King as U.S. education secretary, the Obama team has just 10 more months to advance its history-making education reform ag

Over the past year, there has been a lot of attention paid to the “opt-out” movement growing in pockets across U.S. public schools. Indeed, it’s a signific

Being from Michigan, generally, is a wonderful thing. Great people, Great Lakes, you get the picture. When it’s not so wonderful, however, is when you have

I’m not bragging when I say, “My daughter is smart.” I started reading to her when she was a newborn. At four months old, she could turn the pages on a boo