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Florida Sets the Bar in Testing Compliance
Anyone wondering if the proliferation of scholarship tax credits leads to accountability issues should guess again. At least, that’s what we’re seeing with the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. A…
The Benefits to Hiring a For-Profit Management Company
As the debate over for-profit management companies rages on, we wanted to draw your attention to some research that came out on the topic. Large studies that include usable data…
Vallas Finally Meets His Match in Bridgeport
You may not have heard of Paul Vallas, which would surprise him given that he has already claimed to be the Michael Jordan of ed reform. Ok, we admit it,…
California’s Budget Can Benefit from More Choice
California is no stranger to bankruptcy. Several of its cities and its third largest county have filed for some of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history, and California’s school districts…
Teacher Unions Fight Charter Schools, Still Want Their Teachers
Chicago has long been home to one of our economy’s most anachronistic middle-men: the labor union. Just last year, the Chicago Teachers Union jumped onboard CPS in an effort to…
What’s Wrong with Texas Charter School Funding?
Everything is bigger in Texas, and the state’s education system is no exception. From the perspective of school choice, there are over 154,000 students in over 500 Texas charter schools,…
D.C. Public Schools On Verge of Enrollment Cliff
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it was the costliest tropical storm to ever hit the United States. Although most of that cost was calculated in property losses,…
School Choice Leader Chosen as 2012’s Floridian of the Year
NOTE: We originally ran this story about a Florida charter school executive on January 4th, 2013. Since then, people have occasionally contacted us when trying to reach the corporate…