Tag: Charter schools
George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
George H.W. Bush fulfilled his desire – articulated late in his 1988 campaign for president – to be “the...
What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos...
Claire Smrekar, Vanderbilt University
When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and first lady Melania Trump visited Excel Academy Public Charter School last spring, DeVos praised the...
Trump budget would abandon public education for private choice
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration has announced its plan to transform education funding as we know it. The new...
The unique case for rural charter schools
Karen Eppley, Pennsylvania State University
The recent appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education has brought rural schools into the national conversation...
Who is Betsy DeVos?
Dustin Hornbeck, Miami University
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published on Jan. 8, 2017.
Since Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos...
Single-sex schools: Could they harm your child?
Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Gender-segregated education is making a comeback. Single-sex classrooms, long discouraged under Title IX, the federal law...
What cyber charter schools are and why their growth should worry...
Bryan Mann, Pennsylvania State University and David Baker, Pennsylvania State University
What President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican sweep of government will mean for K-12...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
