This week in school choice: Forget what you’ve heard

Progressive Democrats can support school choice, and private options in education.

Catholic schools are at the cusp of a renaissance.

Schools that aren’t “common” can still serve the common good.

Children in poverty can learn.

 Teach For America volunteers don’t always have short classroom tenures.

Austerity … or efficiency?

Meanwhile…

Home prices should not be tied to school quality.

Crux provides an overview of Catholic schools’ challenges.

Washington charter school parents try to cope with the prospect of being uprooted.

A top law firm will help defend Nevada’s education savings accounts.

Get smart fast about charter school quality.

SEED schools make a difference in Maryland.

KIPP looks to transform a struggling urban school in Philly.

Quote of the Week

“At the end of the day, the growth was justified. We need to honor commitments to our current Kippsters and balance that with the ethical and moral mandate we have to grow.”

-KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg, on the latest evaluation of his organization’s results.

Help us honor our commitments. Please send school choice-related tips, links, suggestions or criticism to tpillow[at]sufs[dot]org.

 


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BY Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.

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