Childhood Trauma and School Ch...
Guest post by Greg Forster – Opinion leaders in Oklahoma are orchestrating a full-court press to use remediation of “childhood...
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Reinventing Education Schools
by Greg Forster – OCPA has published my in-depth policy brief on why efforts to “reform” education schools don’t go deep enough...
read moreSchool Monopoly as Reverse Pat...
Guest post by Greg Forster – OCPA carries my article on the government school monopoly as “reverse patronage system”: In the...
read moreBeware of Economists Bearing E...
Josh Angrist, the MIT economist and a leading voice on research methods and education policy, has a recent piece in Forbes in which...
read moreEd Reform: The Next Generation
by Greg Forster – Much of the old education policy agenda – indiscriminate spending, top-down technocratic standards – is...
read moreNightmare in Providence
Guest Post by Jason Bedrick – By now, everyone in the ed policy world is aware of the damning report by Johns Hopkins...
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Guest Post by Matthew Ladner – Amazing story by Ron Matus about one of the original 57 Opportunity Scholarship students and her...
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A Florida Family’s Multi-generational struggle for K-12 Opportunity (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Amazing story by Ron Matus...
read moreThe Price of Bigotry
by Greg Forster – Three cheers for George Will’s column today calling upon the Supreme Court to strike down Blaine Amendments:...
read moreSurprise, Surprise, Surprise!
Guest post by Patrick J. Wolf – I’ve led or assisted with seven rigorous longitudinal evaluations of privately- or...
read moreThe System Is Beyond Reform
Guest Post by Jason Bedrick – “I get adequate food, and adequate clothing, and medical care when I require it,” said U.S. Naval...
read moreWith Help From Some Friends
by Greg Forster – OCPA carries my article fisking an especially sloppy smear job attacking school choice: I call it a strange...
read moreNew Arts Studies Lost in Busy ...
It’s been a busy week with the publication of an op-ed by me and Rick Hess in the Wall Street Journal and a study in Education Next...
read morePicture Yourself in a State by...
by Matthew Ladner – Believe it or not 20 years have passed since Jeb Bush kicked off the Florida K-12 reforms during the 1999...
read moreWV teachers strike to prevent ...
by Matthew Ladner – So yes that just happened. Florida students with disabilities got the option to attend private schools at...
read moreToo Many Social Scientists, To...
I’m teaching a seminar for the Honors College this semester on BS. It’s been a lot of fun and the students have been great. ...
read moreEducational Opportunity and th...
Guest Post by Matthew Ladner – Over at Chamber Business News today I discuss the above map from the indespensible Garrett...
read moreThat’s no moon, that’s a Death...
by Matthew Ladner – So my son Ben had an social studies assignment to explain the legislative process. He had to build a...
read moreThe Prodigal Nerd Returns to F...
by Matthew Ladner – A bit of personal news- I’ve taken a new gig at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry and as editor...
read moreRacism in Public Schools
by Greg Forster – OCPA carries my article on racism in public schools: Robinson’s case attracted wider attention, threatening...
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