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Charter Schools

Our Schools Need to Do More. They Should Look to Charters and Early Childhood for Answers.

Confronted with a pandemic unprecedented in modern life, schools began delivering meals at home, providing free internet and devices, offering mental health supports and developing emergency relief...

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School Choice

Review: Schneider and Berkshire’s 'A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door' Is a Missed Opportunity

“A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door,” the new book from education professor Jack Schneider and writer Jennifer Berkshire, purports to tell the story of the dismantling of public education. Although I...

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Charter Schools

Let’s Be Honest About School Choice

School choice strawmen are a formidable army that thinking people have yet to defeat. Nevertheless, we must keep trying. As a reader who casually consumes education debate in mass media, I understand...

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School Choice

Making the Equitable Choice the Easiest Choice

In the aftermath of this most recent election, I want to remind us that politics are not solely presidential. That, in fact, much of the most important political action of our lives is in our homes,...

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Charter Schools

Samantha Bee's Latest on Education Shows She's Just Another Privileged Parent Who Doesn't Get It

Samantha Bee decided to go on the attack against school choice this week during her show, Full Frontal. Based on the first clip she played during her school choice rant, it was clear that Trump's...

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Charter Schools

Where Kids Learn Isn't Important. What They Learn Is.

Last week, I was part of a conversation around creating equality and equity for Black students in the public school system. One message that was heavily floated in this forum was the need for more...

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