Kevin asks below what the progressive solution is the the entrenched, dysfunctional bureaucracies that stifle progress and success in too many of our urban school systems. I don’t presume to have the credentials to speak for progressives of liberals on this or any issue: I’m hoping Leo or Matt or Ed Muir and John See [...]
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The Other 25% of D.C. Students: Fenty’s Plans for the District’s Charters
January 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Educational Choice
D.C. edu-watchers have been abuzz lately–with good reason–over Mayor Adrian Fenty’s plans to take over operation of the city’s public school system. Less attention has been devoted to Fenty’s plans for charters, which serve 25% of D.C.’s public school students. But Theola Labbé takes up the issue in today’s Post.
There are three key elements of [...]
Posted by Sara Mead at 10:39 am | Tags: Bart Peterson, Charter Authorizers, choice, DCPS, Mayor Fenty, Public Charter School Board | No Comments
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman Aldeman's False Fronts is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
03/08/10 | Andrew Rotherham's Eduwonk post on RTT finalists is quoted on Class Struggle.
03/07/10 | Andrew Rotherham is quoted on the success of MATCH in The Times-Picayune.
03/06/10 | Eduwonk's reaction to Ohio's status as a RTT finalist is cited in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York's status as a Race to the Top finalist is cited on National Journal.