Arizona's #RedForEd Fiasco Was a Gift to School Choice Advocates
Seeing your kids held hostage in a battle between government factions is a great incentive to look for alternatives.
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Stossel: Betsy DeVos Responds to Her Critics
Trump's secretary of education says she's "undeterred."
Charter Schools Take Unnecessary Risk With Blistering Attacks on California Gubernatorial Frontrunner
If Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wins in November, will he punish charters for their efforts?
Success Academy Charter Schools Are a Big Success
The education establishment hates them.
In New York, Rich Disabled Kids Get the City to Send Them to Private School. Poor Disabled Kids Get Screwed.
School choice is about extending the privileges of the upper middle class to everyone else.
State Legislators Want to Repeal Charter School Law Before Any Charter Schools Have Opened
Officials tasked with setting up charter school rules are imposing onerous regulations instead.
Stossel: Saving Kids From Government Schools
Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz has demonstrated that more choice in education yields incredible outcomes.
Local NAACP Leader Defies Own Group, Supports New Florida Charter School
It's not racist to want access to school choice. It's racist to deny it.
Teachers Union President Thinks You're a Racist if You Yank Your Kids from Their Crappy Schools
Tell it to all the minority children in charter schools across the country.
Is School Choice Good for Kids? Listen to Last Night's Debate. [Reason Podcast]
ChoiceMedia's Bob Bowdon vs. Teachers College's Samuel Abrams in New York City last night.
Mass. Teacher's Union Snubs First Charter School Teacher of the Year
Sydney Chaffee was the first charter school teacher to win the national honor.
School Choice Advocates Take Control in Los Angeles
School board election winner wants to see lessons of successful charters replicated within district.
Tying a Neighborhood Together Through Choice
How one charter school is building a diverse community around quality education.
A Libertarian Builds Low-Cost Private Schools for the Masses
Don't waste time arguing about public education, says Thales founder Bob Luddy. Head for the exits.
Hey Progressives: You Can Fight DeVos, but You Can't Stop School Choice
Ignoring this populist movement does not help the left with families.
School Choice Can Help LGBT Students Deal with Hostile Environments
A private school in Atlanta provides a safer alternative.
If Charter Schools Are 'Unregulated,' Why Is This Successful California School Facing a Shutdown?
Trump's choice of education secretary will prompt a fight over who has control.
Massachusetts Votes Against Lifting Arbitrary and Malicious Cap on Charter Schools
Democrats: Not pro-choice.
John Legend Defends Charter Schools from the NAACP's Unfair Criticisms
'I was confused and upset by their decision'
Here's What It's Like to Open a Charter School in California
Former lawmaker and school choice activist starts her own academy.
Shutter Bad Schools (Public or Private), Get Better Education. How Is This Even Controversial?
Shifting students to better schools gets better outcomes. Imagine that.
P. Diddy's Charter School in East Harlem Opens Up, Draws Immediate Flack
Capital Prep's operator doesn't like teachers unions, so teachers don't like him.
More Detroit Public School Principals Have Been Charged With Crimes in 2016 Than All the Charter School CEOs in John Oliver's Rant
To paraphrase Oliver, parents in Detroit should Google their local public school to ensure it wasn't previously run by a principal who pleaded guilty to theft.
Charter Schools Criticized For Preferring Better Students, But Public Schools Do the Same
Charter schools tend to offer a better product than public schools, and so parents of all backgrounds flock to them.
Connecticut Makes it Hard for Poor Students to Escape Standard Public Schools; Sued Over Practice
Students Matter, the group behind California's Vergara suit, asserts laws making it harder for poor kids to get into magnet or charter schools violates a federal right to education.
Some L.A. Public Schools Are Accepting That They're in a Competition for Students
Curriculum changes and marketing strategies.
John Oliver's Anti-Charter School Rant Is Clever, Glib, and Uninformed
Public charters help students and traditional schools perform better.
The NAACP Is Attacking Charter Schools and Black Leaders Are Furious
Teachers unions want to sabotage charters, even though they help poor black kids.
Democrats' Education Platform: Pro-Government, Anti–School Choice
Language that was mildly positive toward reform efforts was beaten back by public school activists.
"The Scandal of K-12 Education"—and How To Fix It
Charter schools get ragged on all the time, except by grateful parents and students.
Louisiana Lawmakers Will Make Kids Study Cursive—Yes, Cursive—for Years
As the world becomes more digital, why must students be taught an archaic skill?
Massachusetts Will Make Schools Suspend Fewer Students
Using collected data, the state identified schools heavily prone to expelling and suspending students.
Eva Moskowitz on Fighting Unions, Politicians, and The New York Times
"I believed in big government until I met it up close."
How to Fix 'One of the Most Segregated Public School Systems In the Nation'
"If you force parents to value [diversity] then they won't."
If You Don't Approve of Success Academy, Don't Send Your Kids There
The latest controversy at Success is a reminder of why we need more school choice.
Nebraska's Schools Are Failing Poor Kids. Will the State Give Them a Way Out?
The new fight to bring school choice to the Cornhusker state.
Brownstone Brooklyn's Racial Divide: Why Are the Schools So Segregated?
How residential assignment keeps kids who are black and white-rich and poor-apart.
Should Charter Schools Be Allowed to Push Out Difficult Kids?
Q&A with Robert Pondiscio on Success Academy and the 'Got-to-Go' controversy.
Is Cuomo's Support for Charter Schools Waning?
The governor lays out a dismal 2016 education agenda.
Will Charter Schools Ever Get Off the Ground in Virginia?
Politicians doing their best to stop them.
Newark Schools Spent $18,208 Per Pupil Last Year. So Why Are They In 'Extreme Chronic Fiscal Distress?'
Money alone can't fix failing schools.
The Environmental Case for School Choice
Allowing parents to stay in cities can help families and alleviate traffic congestion.
School Choice Is A Moral and Financial Imperative
Q&A with school reformer Lisa Graham Keegan.
Nevada Families Fight ACLU's Attempt to Destroy School Choice
Institute for Justice will help defend innovative education program.
Pope Francis Visits Private School in East Harlem
Using the pope for political purposes is harder than it seems.
Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Charter Schools Have Made Real Improvements
New Orleans students have learned more and they are better-prepared for college and careers than they were before the city's education reform.
