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Vergara v. California: A victory for teachers unions, a defeat for students
School reform policy experts say now that Vergara v. Calfornia is dead students are the one left to suffer due to certain job protections for teachers, such as an ability to obtain tenure within two...
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Students Matter files another lawsuit on behalf of low-income, minority families
FIGHTING FOR CHOICE: Jose Martinez, left, and his mother Jessica Martinez, lead plaintiff in Martinez v. Malloy, pose for a photo outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on...
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More Florida students using scholarship programs
CHOOSING CHOICE: Parents in Florida continue to enroll their children in schools of choice using the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship for low-income families and Gardiner Scholarship for students with...
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Pro-union front group takes on charters, skips a few salient facts
A pro-union group called In the Public Interest doesn’t mince words while addressing charter schools and school choice. Posting articles such as “What a Victory Against Wall Street in Nashville Means...
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Q&A: EdBuild explains its work on school funding
DRAWING THE LINE: EdBuild is a nonprofit organization that wants to overhaul the way local schools are funded. Watchdog.org recently interviewed Zahava Stadler, manager of policy and research at...
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New book shines light on high-performing charter schools
LEARNING FROM LEADERS: Richard Whitmire’s new book should be used by charter school leaders as a guide, according to The 74, the education news organization that published it. The 74 recently published...
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Common ground: Artist entertains thousands at charter school rally in...
UNCOMMON SUPPORT: Thousands of students, parents, teachers and charter school proponents’ watch as Common performed at a pro-charter school rally in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Thousands of students,...
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Nevada ESAs ruled constitutional, but funding hurdle remains
QUICK FIX: Nevada state Sen. Scott Hammond, formerly a longtime public school teacher and author of the state’s ESA law, says the legislature should be able to quickly address the funding issue raised...
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Innovation, transparency crucial to evolving charter school application process
APPLIED SCIENCE: Roseland Accelerated Middle School officials stand by their policy requiring students and parents to fill out several forms while enrolling in their schools. As charter school...
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Black education reformers lament ‘out of touch’ NAACP
Leading black education reformers have a message for the NAACP: What you’re doing is hurting black America. “The NAACP was formed to help and not to hurt, and that is what I think they are doing right...
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More states express interest in ESA programs after Nevada court decision
FATHER OF ESAs: Sen. Scott Hammond, a public school teacher of 15 years, sponsored Nevada’s universal education savings account bill, and is now pitching the idea in other states. He recently testified...
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On eve of vote, foes of NAACP charter school moratorium turn up the volume
MORATORIUM VOTE: Black education leaders and families are speaking out against the NAACP’s call for a moratorium on charter schools. Pictured are more than 25,000 people who attended a recent charter...
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NAACP vote won’t diminish support for charter schools in black communities
NOT THE ONLY VOICE: Howard Fuller, founder and director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University, is one of many education reform leaders who disagrees with the...
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In Washington, charter movement battles ‘distraction’ of union lawsuit
While a Democratic administration in Washington, D.C., is sending almost $7 million to boost charter schools in Washington state, one of the largest Democratic Party constituencies in the Evergreen...
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Education secretary disagrees with NAACP’s charter school stance
SUPPORTING CHOICE: U.S. Education Secretary John King recently said arbitrary caps on high-quality charter schools are “a mistake,” putting him in opposition of the NAACP’s decision to call for a...
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Fight over Massachusetts charter cap too close to call
RAZOR-THIN RACE: Massachusetts voters will vote Tuesday on whether to lift a cap on public charter school expansion. Polls show a dead heat. The furious battle over a Massachusetts ballot initiative...
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Self-interest and subsidies: Why for-profit colleges converting to nonprofit...
DEFENDING SELF-INTEREST: The Cato Institute’s Neal McCluskey says the federal government has been “zealous” in going after for-profit colleges, while giving nonprofit institutions a pass. It’s the...
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Charter supporters say they’ll be back after Massachusetts voters crush...
STILL FIGHTING: Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, says the defeat of a ballot question to lift the charter cap in Massachusetts was only a temporary...
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New Jersey parents want to end last-in-first-out for teacher layoffs
LIFO LAW: Six Newark parents filed suit seeking to overturn the state of New Jersey’s last in, first out law for teachers. To the casual observer, a law requiring layoffs of competent teachers while...
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Charter alliance creates fund to protect charter schools in the courts
PRESERVING CHOICE: Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, says her organization’s new Charter School Legal Action Fund will take the fight for school choice...
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