The union "has an outsized impact on working families who have no other choice on where to send their children...that power, combined with a mayor who is essentially a wholly owned subsidiary, would make them a dangerous force," says one former Chicago Public Schools executive.
When "graduation becomes close to a virtual guarantee, it also becomes pretty functionally meaningless," says one education researcher.
New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom.
"More money can help schools succeed, but not if they fritter those extra resources in unproductive ways," says one researcher.
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Educators should be responsible to parents and students, not to the government.
The governor wants to roll it back, but she doesn't have the votes.
A legal assault on charter schools will deprive families of educational options.
Expanding options empowers families and improves education in the country and the city alike.
There’s no reason to argue over lessons and policies when you can pick what works for your family.
Instead of being attached to public schools, funding follows students to learning options they choose.
"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."
Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.
Perhaps the real question is whether such a school is a state actor for purposes of Section 1983. The en banc Fourth Circuit says it is, so that a skirt requirement for girls is unlawful.
Charter schools are included in the mandate that students use facilities of their birth sex, regardless of what students and families might want.
Republicans are in danger of squandering a promising opportunity for education reform on culture war squabbles.
This is what public policy looks like when a major political party plays kissy-face with public sector unions.
"People's irrational fears are taking over these policy decisions," says one parent.
State-level "gag orders" on teaching certain texts and ideas are terrible and utterly predictable in a one-size-fits-all K-12 educational system.
Charter schools thrived on the freedom to make quick decisions and appeal to like-minded families.
From school shutdowns to insane teachers union demands to frustrated parents, the pandemic has made radical education reform a reality.
But culture war political fights over race and sex education threaten their educational freedom.
The governor's recognition of North Carolina School Choice Week is a welcome gesture, but school choice advocates say his words don't match his actions.
Long before the pandemic, millions of students were completing their education at home. I was one of them.
Charters have proved their worth by serving students failed by traditional public schools.
How access to school transportation drives inequality
Homeschooling, charter schools, and other “alternative” learning approaches are now mainstream.
One-size-fits-some policies drive parents and students to seek better education options.
What the author gets right—and wrong—about educational freedom
Charter enrollment grew by 7 percent last school year, double the prior year.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
The one-size-fits-all approach to monopolistic K-12 instruction continues to repel even as COVID-19 recedes.
Public schools can barely teach kids at all, but their defenders don’t want you trying alternatives.
The pandemic, says Reason Foundation's Corey A. DeAngelis, is finally forcing districts to put students ahead of teachers and bureaucrats.
First the union invaded, now it refuses to leave.
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Making it easier for families to fund their preferred education options will be a lot more effective than throwing a big bribe to teachers unions.
The growing movement to fund students rather than government monopolies
The University of Illinois' Jon Hale and Reason Foundation education analyst Corey DeAngelis go toe to toe
School choice programs can help Hispanic families ease their fears about the coronavirus.
Kids are beside the point when government officials and union leaders keep them waiting on labor negotiations that serve everybody but students and their families.
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
A new survey finds parents are substantially more satisfied with private and charter schools’ responses to the pandemic than they were with those of traditional public schools.
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders correctly diagnose the problem, but fail to provide an adequate solution.