The front page of Saturday’s Washington Post included an article on why there are so many charter schools in D.C. and yet so few in neighboring Maryland and Virginia. The article does a good job of outlining how differences in state law impact whether charter schools open – in Virginia, for instance, charter schools must [...]
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Kahlenberg on KIPP
Rich Kahlenberg published a review of Jay Matthews’ new KIPP book (Work Hard. Be Nice.) in the Washington Post Book World back of the Washington Post Outlook section yesterday. Rich spends the first half of the review giving Jay good marks before devoting the second half to warning readers that:
…there are also two misguided “lessons” [...]
Charter Schools are Great — But Not Why You Think
The recent celebration of National Charter Schools Week is as good a time as any to make an observation that’s been rattling around in my mind for a while in search of a home, or lacking that, a blog post. Which is: charter schools are a boon to public education, but not for the reasons [...]
Two Down, Five to Go
I wasn’t going to read Bob Herbert’s education column today, because Bob Herbert is boring, but then I thought of T.A. Frank’s excellent article on the Herbert boringness phenomenon, and decided to give it a shot. I’m glad I did! Instead of the standard establishment fare I was expecting, Herbert comes strong from the edu-reform [...]
The Case for the Starbucksification of Public Education
Traveling yesterday, so I’m late to comment on the page one Post piece about KIPP expansion. As KIPP continues to grow in size and prominence, some interesting things are becoming apparent. While KIPP is a reform model, it’s also a brand, one that is being franchised around the country. Talking about brands and franchises in [...]
It’s All So Clear Now
Normally I leave charter school issues to my colleagues Eduwonk and Sara Mead. But this morning’s front page article in the WaPo struck me as too obvious to pass up.
It details how DC Public Schools is considering a novel arrangement with KIPP, one of the city’s most successful charter schools. KIPP wants to start [...]
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
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.