Tag: School choice
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...
The Supreme Court, religion and the future of school choice
John E. Taylor, West Virginia University
The Supreme Court recently decided that Trinity Lutheran Church should be eligible for a Missouri state grant covering the...
Why schools still can’t put segregation behind them
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale – a predominantly white city in the suburbs of Birmingham,...
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...
Tax credits, school choice and ‘neovouchers’: What you need to know
Kevin Welner, University of Colorado
As Republican lawmakers craft a tax reform bill, there’s speculation on the import taxes, value-added taxes and tax...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
