This report examines how New Orleans education officials have managed the return of nearly all of the city’s public schools to the control of the local elected school board for the first time since the...
The world is changing. It is long past time for public education to change as well.
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This report examines how New Orleans education officials have managed the return of nearly all of the city’s public schools to the control of the local elected school board for the first time since the...
As teacher strikes swept across the country this year, union leaders in many cities painted charter schools as the enemy. But the narrative that pits charter schools against unions largely ignores the fact that district...
Ashley Jochim and Lesley Lavery write in The 74 about the divide between teacher unions and charter schools.
Education Week‘s Arianna Prothero reports on CRPE’s study An Unlikely Bargain: Why Charter School Teachers Unionize and What Happens When They Do.
From California to West Virginia, teachers unions have squared off with charter school supporters in fights framed as fundamental struggles over the future of public education. Meanwhile, some charter school teachers have launched unprecedented strikes...
Hurricane Maria’s wrath created new urgency to address Puerto Rico’s long struggling education system. As soon as electricity was back on, policy types immediately started making analogies to New Orleans. Indeed, new legislation created sweeping...
This report examines national and local trends in charter unionization, describes the reasons charter school teachers unionize, and analyzes charter school bargaining agreements.
In education policy debates, we often talk about inequality as if it was primarily driven by learning that happens—or doesn’t happen—in schools. But out-of-school learning matters too. Sports and recreational programs can cultivate teamwork, passion,...
National School Choice Week is a time for advocates of school choice to celebrate. I see it as an opportunity to reflect and think about what needs to come next. This year, we at the...
The rhetoric of teacher strikes in Los Angeles, likely coming to a town near you, has familiar elements and fantasy ones. Along with well-founded messages about higher wages and more support for schools, unions campaign...
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