online education
Another Silicon Valley Incursion into the Schools, Another Parent Protest
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Yet another billionaire-backed public school initiative is facing resistance, here fueled by parental “nostalgia.” Why won’t they see reason?
New York City
New York City’s Segregated School System Begins to Shift
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New York City’s public schools remain among the most segregated in the country, but signs of change are coming earlier than expected.
Philanthropy
A New Kind of Mega-Grant Announced to Connecticut Public Schools
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A Connecticut family that made its wealth off of hedge funds offers to ante up $100 million to improve outcomes in the state’s low-income public schools.
public schools
An Illustration in New Jersey of What’s Wrong with School Funding
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Paterson, New Jersey’s public schools would be a sterling example for school reformers if only they didn’t ignore the need to address the difficult issues of equitable funding that plague public education across the country.
Market-Based Education
Is Competition at All Productive in the K-12 Educational Marketplace?
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Requiring our public school systems to operate more as competitive businesses and less as public services brings a new set of challenges.
public schools
Another School Reform Failure: When Will We Ever Learn?
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Earlier this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the Renewal Program, his approach to improving the educational results in 100 targeted schools, had not met expectations and would not go forward as planned.
segregation policies
Mayor’s Advisory Group Calls on New York City to Integrate Its Schools
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Many school districts are as segregated today as when the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in 1954. New York City, one of the nation’s most diverse cities, has some of the nation’s most segregated schools.
education reform
Another Mega-Funder with a Solution for Educational Excellence
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An education grant–funded program being launched at five schools in Rhode Island raises concerns, once again, that philanthropy is failing to respect the knowledge of education sector practitioners in the design of its interventions.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles School Board Calls for Moratorium on New Charter Schools
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In the wake of the teachers’ strike, the Los Angeles school board, half of whom were elected with charter school donor backing, has voted 5–1 to recommend that the state enact an eight-to-ten-month moratorium on new charter school development.
Education
How Public Should Our Public Schools Be?
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Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris assert that “public governance of our schools matters for the health of our democracy…it is paid for by the public, and it belongs to the public, not entrepreneurs.” So why do we allow its hijacking by philanthropy?