A More Skeptical Take on Charter Growth
Steven Wilson, CRPE’s new Senior Fellow, makes a strong and compelling case here for the expansion of charter schools. Steven’s argument comes at a crucial time. The charter school movement is under full frontal attack. Opponents who have long viewed charter schools as an annoying sideshow have finally come to see their strong track record […]
The Main Barriers to Scaling Successful Charter Schools Are Political, not Substantive
With news that federal funding for charter school programs is in question, the time seems ripe for an open debate on the promise of—and the barriers to—charter growth. CRPE has a long tradition of cultivating internal dialogue and debate; every once in a while we have shared that debate publicly. This post from our new […]