In this report by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, author Andy Smarick breaks down some of the top performing charter schools and charter school networks to see what has contributed to their success and growth. This report opens the doors to discourse on the supply of alternative schooling options and the need for growth in the private sector.
Breaking Down "Public Rules on Private Schools: Measuring the Regulatory Impa...EdChoice
Is regulatory creep a fate that awaits all school choice programs? With the number of those programs doubling over the past five years, the need for context and understanding is critical. This report provides a framework for understanding the impacts of state government statutes regulating private schools, regulations distinct to a given school choice program, and any regulatory growth over a program’s lifespan.
Top 15 Findings from the 2015 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
With the close of another school year and a boom of expansive school choice programs in 2015 comes curiosity about the progress of K–12 education in the United States.
Is it advancing? Is it going well? How might it improve?
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's recently released 2015 Schooling in America Survey aims to tap public opinion to answer those questions and more. Check out the top 15 key findings from the full report here!
Find the full report at http://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2015
Breaking Down "A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice"EdChoice
Proponents of private school choice make a wide array of claims about its benefits. They claim competition will spur public school improvement; vouchers will reduce the cost of education; students who get vouchers will show achievement gains; school choice will improve integration in schools and more. A vast body of research on whether school choice programs work now exists.
The fourth edition of A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice examines 100 empirical studies of school choice programs in one convenient report.
Has school choice had the effect predicted by some economists, education experts, and millions of parents? Do the results argue for wider experiments or the adoption of broad-based vouchers or education savings accounts? This Slideshare features the definitive research.
You may find the full report, A Win-Win Solution, on the Friedman Foundation website here: http://www.edchoice.org/Win-Win
The School Voucher Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs S...EdChoice
Today, the Friedman Foundation released a one-of-a-kind fiscal assessment that covers the operational life spans of school voucher programs. What fiscal effects do vouchers have on states, schools, and taxpayers?
In it, Jeff Spalding, our director of fiscal policy and analysis, addressed the following questions:
-What is the proper way to measure school vouchers' fiscal impact?
-Why are the fiscal effects of voucher programs so often misunderstood?
-What are the annual and long-term fiscal impacts of school vouchers?
Latino Perspectives on K-12 Education & School Choice: Top FindingsEdChoice
What do Latinos think of education and school choice in America today? How do they feel about charter schools? Standardized testing? Common Core? School vouchers and ESAs? Check out our top survey findings here.
Breaking Down EdChoice’s 2016 National “Schooling in America” Survey EdChoice
EdChoice’s annual national survey of Americans on education issues is back with a new demographic breakout and new parent questions. As part of our 2016 Schooling in America Survey, we oversampled Millennials in an effort to better understand where this generation of current and future school parents compares with others (and the national average) on K–12 education policies. This is also the first year we asked parents specific questions about the lengths to which they’ve gone for their children’s education. Flip through the slide show below to learn and share these top findings:
For the full 2016 Schooling in America report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2016.
For the full Millennial report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/MillennialSurvey.
Breaking Down The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit EdChoice
In 2014, we calculated the cumulative savings generated by America’s K–12 school voucher programs over two decades. This year, we continued that study by doing the same for seven states’ tax-credit scholarship programs, which cover 93 percent of total scholarships awarded to date. These types of school choice programs differ from school vouchers in how they’re funded, however. Flip through this Slideshare to learn how tax-credit scholarships are different from school vouchers and what the fiscal effects of these programs have been for state governments, school districts and taxpayers.
For the full Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/ScholarshipAudit.
Breaking Down the EdChoice “Surveying State Legislators” ReportEdChoice
In Surveying State Legislators: Views on K–12 Education, Choice-Based Policies, and the Profession, EdChoice Vice President of Research and author Paul DiPerna reports findings from a phone survey of 344 state legislators from across the country. We believe this is the first systematic phone-only survey of this population in more than 15 years. This Slideshare breaks down the findings to better inform educational choice and school choice advocates about state lawmakers’ opinions, behaviors and preferences.
For the full report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/LegislatorSurvey.
Breaking Down "Public Rules on Private Schools: Measuring the Regulatory Impa...EdChoice
Is regulatory creep a fate that awaits all school choice programs? With the number of those programs doubling over the past five years, the need for context and understanding is critical. This report provides a framework for understanding the impacts of state government statutes regulating private schools, regulations distinct to a given school choice program, and any regulatory growth over a program’s lifespan.
Top 15 Findings from the 2015 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
With the close of another school year and a boom of expansive school choice programs in 2015 comes curiosity about the progress of K–12 education in the United States.
Is it advancing? Is it going well? How might it improve?
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's recently released 2015 Schooling in America Survey aims to tap public opinion to answer those questions and more. Check out the top 15 key findings from the full report here!
Find the full report at http://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2015
Breaking Down "A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice"EdChoice
Proponents of private school choice make a wide array of claims about its benefits. They claim competition will spur public school improvement; vouchers will reduce the cost of education; students who get vouchers will show achievement gains; school choice will improve integration in schools and more. A vast body of research on whether school choice programs work now exists.
The fourth edition of A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice examines 100 empirical studies of school choice programs in one convenient report.
Has school choice had the effect predicted by some economists, education experts, and millions of parents? Do the results argue for wider experiments or the adoption of broad-based vouchers or education savings accounts? This Slideshare features the definitive research.
You may find the full report, A Win-Win Solution, on the Friedman Foundation website here: http://www.edchoice.org/Win-Win
The School Voucher Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs S...EdChoice
Today, the Friedman Foundation released a one-of-a-kind fiscal assessment that covers the operational life spans of school voucher programs. What fiscal effects do vouchers have on states, schools, and taxpayers?
In it, Jeff Spalding, our director of fiscal policy and analysis, addressed the following questions:
-What is the proper way to measure school vouchers' fiscal impact?
-Why are the fiscal effects of voucher programs so often misunderstood?
-What are the annual and long-term fiscal impacts of school vouchers?
Latino Perspectives on K-12 Education & School Choice: Top FindingsEdChoice
What do Latinos think of education and school choice in America today? How do they feel about charter schools? Standardized testing? Common Core? School vouchers and ESAs? Check out our top survey findings here.
Breaking Down EdChoice’s 2016 National “Schooling in America” Survey EdChoice
EdChoice’s annual national survey of Americans on education issues is back with a new demographic breakout and new parent questions. As part of our 2016 Schooling in America Survey, we oversampled Millennials in an effort to better understand where this generation of current and future school parents compares with others (and the national average) on K–12 education policies. This is also the first year we asked parents specific questions about the lengths to which they’ve gone for their children’s education. Flip through the slide show below to learn and share these top findings:
For the full 2016 Schooling in America report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2016.
For the full Millennial report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/MillennialSurvey.
Breaking Down The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit EdChoice
In 2014, we calculated the cumulative savings generated by America’s K–12 school voucher programs over two decades. This year, we continued that study by doing the same for seven states’ tax-credit scholarship programs, which cover 93 percent of total scholarships awarded to date. These types of school choice programs differ from school vouchers in how they’re funded, however. Flip through this Slideshare to learn how tax-credit scholarships are different from school vouchers and what the fiscal effects of these programs have been for state governments, school districts and taxpayers.
For the full Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/ScholarshipAudit.
Breaking Down the EdChoice “Surveying State Legislators” ReportEdChoice
In Surveying State Legislators: Views on K–12 Education, Choice-Based Policies, and the Profession, EdChoice Vice President of Research and author Paul DiPerna reports findings from a phone survey of 344 state legislators from across the country. We believe this is the first systematic phone-only survey of this population in more than 15 years. This Slideshare breaks down the findings to better inform educational choice and school choice advocates about state lawmakers’ opinions, behaviors and preferences.
For the full report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/LegislatorSurvey.
Breaking Down "Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and...EdChoice
A summary break down of research report "Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next" by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Breaking Down "The Private School Landscape" EdChoice
In our new report, The Private School Landscape, we wanted to find out whether school choice programs have created increased competition and private school capacity in the states where they are in effect. We also wanted to know whether more access to educational choice programs has increased private school enrollment over time and, as critics often allege, whether school choice has caused increased racial segregation among private school populations.
Flip through this quick rundown of the key findings you need to know.
For the full Private School Landscape report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/PrivateSchoolLandscape.
Breaking Down Why Indiana Parents Choose Their SchoolsEdChoice
We break down the responses of Indiana school parents from all sectors to a survey—developed by EdChoice and conducted by Hanover Research—that aims to measure what motivates them to choose K–12 schools, their children’s schooling experiences, their awareness of school choice options, their satisfaction levels and the goals they set for their children’s education. Flip through to gather the key findings you need to know from this new research.
Get the full report at www.edchoice.org/WhyINParentsChoose
Breaking Down “Back to the Staffing Surge”EdChoice
Our latest report—“Back to the Staffing Surge”—measures US public school employment growth versus student growth as well as teacher salary fluctuations and student outcomes over the past 65 years using publicly available data that state departments of education annually report to the U.S. Department of Education. The results were shocking.
What did the numbers say exactly? And what could our system have done to better serve public school teachers and students? Flip through this slide show to learn more!
To access the full Back to the Staffing Surge report and more resources, including a podcast video with author Dr. Ben Scafidi, visit www.edchoice.org/StaffingSurge.
EdChoice's 2017 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
The 2017 edition of our annual Schooling in America Survey project is finally out, and we made it easier than ever for you to learn and share our results. Short on time? Flip through this Slideshare to get the key findings from EdChoice’s annual survey of Americans on K–12 education issues and more, with a special focus on small town and rural families as well as new questions about the role of the federal government.
For the full report, visit https://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2017.
Breaking Down the "Surveying the Military" ReportEdChoice
Our survey of military servicemembers, veterans and their spouses is the first of its kind and methodology to delve deeper this important population's thoughts on K–12 education in America. This new research aims to help policymakers and the public better understand military families' perspectives on school choice policies, the military profession and more. Click through to get the key findings, complete with critical data you should know.
To download the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/Military Survey.
This briefing book reviews the current state of play of the charter school movement, recent accomplishments, and opportunities and challenges going forward.
Myth vs. Truth: The Real Story of College TextbooksAmanda Straub
Did you know the amount students spend on textbooks is one of the only college expenses that’s declining?
Here are a few myths and truths about college course materials that may be news to you…
Breaking Down the 2019 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
Americans’ satisfaction with K–12 education reached a 15-year high this year, according to Gallup. But do parents and teachers agree? Is there consensus among generations? Growing education reform efforts indicate there’s more under the surface.
EdChoice's 2019 Schooling in America Survey with Braun Research measures American attitudes toward big issues in K–12 education and digs deeper with parents, public school teachers, Millennials and Generation Z.
Flip to see what we learned.
To learn more about school choice programs across America, visit https://www.edchoice.org.
Huff, patrick the fight against common core schooling v 5 n1 2014William Kritsonis
NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS are a group of national and international refereed, blind-reviewed academic journals. NFJ publishes articles academic intellectual diversity, multicultural issues, management, business, administration, issues focusing on colleges, universities, and schools, all aspects of schooling, special education, counseling and addiction, international issues of education, organizational behavior, theory and development, and much more. DR. WILLIAM ALLAN KRITSONIS is Editor-in-Chief (Since 1982). See: www.nationalforum.com
The Challenges and Opportunities in School Transportation TodayJeremy Knight
Every day, America’s fleet of roughly 480,000 school buses transports more than a third of students to and from school. This fleet is more than twice the size of all other forms of mass transit combined, including bus, rail, and airline transportation.
Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschoo...Jeremy Knight
In recent decades, tuition increases in independent schools have outpaced inflation and wage growth, while thousands of Catholic parochial schools — which historically have provided private education at a much lower cost — have closed, leaving middle- and low-income families with few affordable options.
Meanwhile, families across socioeconomic groups express interest in private schooling. While private schools consistently serve about 10% of U.S. students, 40% of parents say they would prefer private schools. These trends suggest a need to look more closely at efforts to increase affordability in private schools and ensure that all families have equitable access to the schools of their choice.
In “Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschools Seek to Serve Middle- and Low-Income Students,” we sought to understand the landscape of private schools working to provide an affordable education by looking at the approaches they are taking and how they are revisiting traditional operating models. We profile a variety of strategies used by schools to improve access for middle- and low-income families. Some schools rely on reducing the costs to families (i.e., tuition) by providing significant financial aid or partnering with scholarship programs, some have found inventive new revenue streams, and some have streamlined operations and leveraged technology to reduce their per-pupil expenditures.
One category of private schools, the microschool, merited a closer look due to its profoundly different operational and financial model. Through surveys and interviews with microschool leaders and experts around the country, this report seeks to further define this emerging sector of intentionally small, educationally innovative schools and to explore their potential as an affordable independent school option.
Ultimately, this overview of low-cost private schools and microschools surfaced questions about improving equity in private education. The profiles of schools aiming to serve middle- and low-income families highlight unsolved puzzles about how to balance that mission with financial sustainability. The analysis also raises questions about the role of private schools in serving families with more limited means, and about the potential of low-cost models to scale and innovate. Further exploration of these questions is essential to ensuring that in the private sector as well as the public sector, all families have equal access to high-quality options.
Charter schools currently serve 3 million students in more than 7,000 schools across 44 states and Washington, D.C. And their reach continues to grow: Since 2005, the number of charter schools in the U.S. has nearly doubled, and the number of charter students has nearly tripled.
Despite being an enduring presence in the nation’s education space, charter schools remain a topic of ongoing debate. The State of the Charter Sector provides the latest available information on charter schools across the country, including updated data on growth, performance, and geographic trends. It also includes analyses of the challenges that charter schools face and how the sector is trying to address them.
This comprehensive slide deck updates our 2015 State of the Charter School Movement, and together, these resources serve as a fact base to cut through the rhetoric that often accompanies conversations about charter schools.
The goal of this analysis is not to persuade, but to inform. As the charter sector continues to grow and improve, it needs a rigorous, evidence-based debate around its weaknesses and strengths. Accurate information is crucial for thoughtful policymaking and, ultimately, to ensuring all students have access to a high-quality education.
Breaking Down "Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and...EdChoice
A summary break down of research report "Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next" by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Breaking Down "The Private School Landscape" EdChoice
In our new report, The Private School Landscape, we wanted to find out whether school choice programs have created increased competition and private school capacity in the states where they are in effect. We also wanted to know whether more access to educational choice programs has increased private school enrollment over time and, as critics often allege, whether school choice has caused increased racial segregation among private school populations.
Flip through this quick rundown of the key findings you need to know.
For the full Private School Landscape report, visit http://www.edchoice.org/PrivateSchoolLandscape.
Breaking Down Why Indiana Parents Choose Their SchoolsEdChoice
We break down the responses of Indiana school parents from all sectors to a survey—developed by EdChoice and conducted by Hanover Research—that aims to measure what motivates them to choose K–12 schools, their children’s schooling experiences, their awareness of school choice options, their satisfaction levels and the goals they set for their children’s education. Flip through to gather the key findings you need to know from this new research.
Get the full report at www.edchoice.org/WhyINParentsChoose
Breaking Down “Back to the Staffing Surge”EdChoice
Our latest report—“Back to the Staffing Surge”—measures US public school employment growth versus student growth as well as teacher salary fluctuations and student outcomes over the past 65 years using publicly available data that state departments of education annually report to the U.S. Department of Education. The results were shocking.
What did the numbers say exactly? And what could our system have done to better serve public school teachers and students? Flip through this slide show to learn more!
To access the full Back to the Staffing Surge report and more resources, including a podcast video with author Dr. Ben Scafidi, visit www.edchoice.org/StaffingSurge.
EdChoice's 2017 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
The 2017 edition of our annual Schooling in America Survey project is finally out, and we made it easier than ever for you to learn and share our results. Short on time? Flip through this Slideshare to get the key findings from EdChoice’s annual survey of Americans on K–12 education issues and more, with a special focus on small town and rural families as well as new questions about the role of the federal government.
For the full report, visit https://www.edchoice.org/NationalSurvey2017.
Breaking Down the "Surveying the Military" ReportEdChoice
Our survey of military servicemembers, veterans and their spouses is the first of its kind and methodology to delve deeper this important population's thoughts on K–12 education in America. This new research aims to help policymakers and the public better understand military families' perspectives on school choice policies, the military profession and more. Click through to get the key findings, complete with critical data you should know.
To download the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/Military Survey.
This briefing book reviews the current state of play of the charter school movement, recent accomplishments, and opportunities and challenges going forward.
Myth vs. Truth: The Real Story of College TextbooksAmanda Straub
Did you know the amount students spend on textbooks is one of the only college expenses that’s declining?
Here are a few myths and truths about college course materials that may be news to you…
Breaking Down the 2019 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
Americans’ satisfaction with K–12 education reached a 15-year high this year, according to Gallup. But do parents and teachers agree? Is there consensus among generations? Growing education reform efforts indicate there’s more under the surface.
EdChoice's 2019 Schooling in America Survey with Braun Research measures American attitudes toward big issues in K–12 education and digs deeper with parents, public school teachers, Millennials and Generation Z.
Flip to see what we learned.
To learn more about school choice programs across America, visit https://www.edchoice.org.
Huff, patrick the fight against common core schooling v 5 n1 2014William Kritsonis
NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS are a group of national and international refereed, blind-reviewed academic journals. NFJ publishes articles academic intellectual diversity, multicultural issues, management, business, administration, issues focusing on colleges, universities, and schools, all aspects of schooling, special education, counseling and addiction, international issues of education, organizational behavior, theory and development, and much more. DR. WILLIAM ALLAN KRITSONIS is Editor-in-Chief (Since 1982). See: www.nationalforum.com
The Challenges and Opportunities in School Transportation TodayJeremy Knight
Every day, America’s fleet of roughly 480,000 school buses transports more than a third of students to and from school. This fleet is more than twice the size of all other forms of mass transit combined, including bus, rail, and airline transportation.
Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschoo...Jeremy Knight
In recent decades, tuition increases in independent schools have outpaced inflation and wage growth, while thousands of Catholic parochial schools — which historically have provided private education at a much lower cost — have closed, leaving middle- and low-income families with few affordable options.
Meanwhile, families across socioeconomic groups express interest in private schooling. While private schools consistently serve about 10% of U.S. students, 40% of parents say they would prefer private schools. These trends suggest a need to look more closely at efforts to increase affordability in private schools and ensure that all families have equitable access to the schools of their choice.
In “Toward Equitable Access and Affordability: How Private Schools and Microschools Seek to Serve Middle- and Low-Income Students,” we sought to understand the landscape of private schools working to provide an affordable education by looking at the approaches they are taking and how they are revisiting traditional operating models. We profile a variety of strategies used by schools to improve access for middle- and low-income families. Some schools rely on reducing the costs to families (i.e., tuition) by providing significant financial aid or partnering with scholarship programs, some have found inventive new revenue streams, and some have streamlined operations and leveraged technology to reduce their per-pupil expenditures.
One category of private schools, the microschool, merited a closer look due to its profoundly different operational and financial model. Through surveys and interviews with microschool leaders and experts around the country, this report seeks to further define this emerging sector of intentionally small, educationally innovative schools and to explore their potential as an affordable independent school option.
Ultimately, this overview of low-cost private schools and microschools surfaced questions about improving equity in private education. The profiles of schools aiming to serve middle- and low-income families highlight unsolved puzzles about how to balance that mission with financial sustainability. The analysis also raises questions about the role of private schools in serving families with more limited means, and about the potential of low-cost models to scale and innovate. Further exploration of these questions is essential to ensuring that in the private sector as well as the public sector, all families have equal access to high-quality options.
Charter schools currently serve 3 million students in more than 7,000 schools across 44 states and Washington, D.C. And their reach continues to grow: Since 2005, the number of charter schools in the U.S. has nearly doubled, and the number of charter students has nearly tripled.
Despite being an enduring presence in the nation’s education space, charter schools remain a topic of ongoing debate. The State of the Charter Sector provides the latest available information on charter schools across the country, including updated data on growth, performance, and geographic trends. It also includes analyses of the challenges that charter schools face and how the sector is trying to address them.
This comprehensive slide deck updates our 2015 State of the Charter School Movement, and together, these resources serve as a fact base to cut through the rhetoric that often accompanies conversations about charter schools.
The goal of this analysis is not to persuade, but to inform. As the charter sector continues to grow and improve, it needs a rigorous, evidence-based debate around its weaknesses and strengths. Accurate information is crucial for thoughtful policymaking and, ultimately, to ensuring all students have access to a high-quality education.
In the summer of 2013, The Missouri Board of Education
posed the question: what is the appropriate role for
the state in the support of and possible intervention
in unaccredited school districts, if the goal is achieving
dramatic student achievement gains? This report
provides recommendations to answer that question
and represents a comprehensive vision for an urban
school system that fosters the conditions schools,
educators, parents, and students need for success.
While we focus here on the Kansas City Public Schools
(KCPS), these recommendations could also guide state
intervention in other unaccredited districts.
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Marketing Segmentation and Product Definition
The Industry
The new service that caters to education reform is The Col School of Secondary Education. This school offers a secondary education everywhere in the U.S. with strategic rock climbing. These courses last every nine weeks without interfering with other required credits. This would enhance the need for competition through meeting the preferences of the schools, parents, and students within the market of education. Along with strategic rock climbing courses, this school will also feature arithmetic, science, and humanities courses . The concept and implementation of The Col School of Secondary Education would intrigue the interest of students and instructors alike since it bases on effective and efficient assimilation of public schools. Education boards has never seen a service like this ever because it allows students who would like to gain cultural knowledge by traveling, decision making, problem solving, and fitness, hence, the opportunity to take classrooms by storm. It is crucial for the product to follow the quality standards of classrooms in order to appeal effectively and appropriately to parents and relevant institutions. The Col School of Secondary Education falls in the education industry in that it is a form of outdoor classrooms at enhancing the minds of instructors and students. This allows instructors to be more responsible for students and challenges them in the classroom by trusting the student as well as themselves. It is ideal for the organization to venture into this industry because of great demand for the change in education reform and effective communication and education system in order to minimize the lack of attentiveness and structure in the classroom. The industry is broken and has lackluster in that the modern society depends on technology for most of its activities. This indicates of the modern society and technology is crucial, but what has happened to making leaders as well as fit individuals in an morbidly obese society?
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Col school of rock climbing would aim at enhancing our students to be future leaders and members of society and across the globe. Students will gain characteristics such as planning, concentration, goal setting, sense of achievement, and spatial awareness. These prove to be ideal for today’s job market as well as post secondary education. The service offers something new to education due to the fact that there is so much fuss with education reform and teachers. This is as a result of the lack of creativity in the classroom, students becoming too overly dependent on teachers, and teachers not bein ...
Autonomous District Schools: Lessons From the Field on a Promising StrategyJeremy Knight
Autonomous district schools (sometimes called “in-district charters”) use some of the same freedoms that public charter schools enjoy while remaining part of the district. Enabled by innovative policies that support school-level autonomy, Springfield, Massachusetts; Indianapolis, Indiana; Denver, Colorado; and San Antonio, Texas, are experimenting with these types of schools. While these efforts are too new to have clear student impact data, autonomous district schools could be a promising strategy to improve districts’ ability to meet families’ and students’ needs and to improve outcomes.
“Autonomous District Schools: Lessons From the Field on a Promising Strategy” summarizes Bellwether’s work with San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) over the past 18 months. The district has authorized three networks of autonomous district schools using a law that supports and incentivizes the creation of these schools. Bellwether provided program design support, strategic advice, and capacity building to SAISD’s Network Principal Initiative, and this deck offers an overview of the initiative and the lessons we learned about the launch of autonomous district schools.
This slide deck is accompanied by a tool kit, “Autonomous District Schools: Tools for Planning and Launching,” which offers concrete resources for leaders interested in planning an autonomous school or network.
Concept Paper: Model Neutral Charter Management Organizationtedfujimoto
Concept paper: how a model-neutral charter management organization platform could support high quality and more rapid growth and creating more impact on communities.
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As we emerge from the pandemic, it is an opportune time check on where the world of educational entrepreneurship stands. Where is entrepreneurship succeeding, and where it is struggling?
EdChoice Director of National Research Mike McShane, Ph.D., partnered with Hanover Research to survey 59 educational entrepreneurs—including those who are creating new schools with new learning models, those who are creating new curriculum or tools, those who recruit talent and more. The Surveying Educational Entrepreneurs report details the survey project’s genesis, methods and results.
Flip through our team’s key findings.
For a deeper discussion of these findings, download the full report free at www.edchoice.org/EntrepreneurSurvey.
Breaking Down Public School District LinesEdChoice
The bad news: Using district lines to determine where a child goes to school is a 200-year-old mistake that has resulted in racial and socioeconomic segregation in U.S. public schools.
The good news: Many states have created open enrollment laws that break down those district lines and allow kids to attend public schools outside their ZIP Code-assigned schools.
To learn more about inter-district open enrollment policies and how they can affect students and school leaders, EdChoice partnered with Hanover Research to conduct a series of research projects. Author Susan Pendergrass shares the findings in her capstone piece—Breaking Down Public School District Lines.
Flip through for quick key findings and recommendations for state lawmakers.
Welcome to The 123s of School Choice! This resource is designed to be a one-stop shop for all the existing research on private educational choice programs in the United States. This year’s edition is updated with the research published since our last edition.
Commuting Concerns & Transporting K-12 School Choice StudentsEdChoice
We combined the key findings from two of our 2020 research reports evaluating families' concerns with transporting their kids to school and which state transportation laws support (or lack support for) school choice students.
Breaking Down The Private School Teacher Skills GapEdChoice
EdChoice Director of National Research Mike McShane, in partnership with Hanover Research, surveyed private school teachers and leaders across three states, including a substantial subset who had taught or led in both public and private schools. Based on the findings, he also identified opportunities to improve teacher preparation programs. Flip through to learn the top key charts and findings.
Download the full report at www.edchoice.org/SkillsGap.
EdChoice's 2018 Schooling in America SurveyEdChoice
Teachers and K–12 education made headlines this year. Elections can only tell us so much about what the public thinks about K–12 education. That's why we look to polls like EdChoice's six-years-running "Schooling in America Survey," which allows us to provide a clear picture of Americans' views and attitudes on K–12 issues. For this year's survey, we interviewed a representative national sample of 1,803 American adults, including an extra 533 school-aged parents. Most notably, we surveyed a separate sample of 777 public school teachers.
Learn what we found in this slide show of our key findings.
To download the full report, visit www.edchoice.org/SIA2018.
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Florida’s tax-credit scholarship program—a type of private school choice program—serves some of the most disadvantaged students in the state. In an effort to better understand how those families feel about the program and their schools, our researchers surveyed more than 14,000 parents and guardians of Florida children using tax-credit scholarships.
Download the full report at www.edchoice.org/FLParentSurvey.
Drew Catt and Mike Shaw, the authors of our latest report "Indiana’s Schooling Deserts," used Geographic Information System software to map Indiana families’ drive times to traditional public, magnet, charter and voucher-participating private schools. This first-of-its-kind mapping allowed us to identify where three kinds of “schooling deserts” exist. Learn more about them in this slide show, which simplifies the complex report.
For more resources related to this research, including our podcast and an interactive mapping tool, visit www.edchoice.org/blog/new-analysis-maps-k-12-schooling-deserts-in-choice-rich-indiana/
Want to know how our flagship publication—The ABCs of School Choice 2018 Edition—can work for you? Check out our demo on this handbook that state legislators have used for nearly a decade to compare and contrast school choice programs and policies across the country.
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2. @edchoice
As demand for private school choice grows,
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
IN SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
2000
36,000
2005
106,000
2012
212,000
2013
260,000
2014
+314,000
3. @edchoice
it’s imperative we examine ways to improve
not only the diverse supply of schools but
also the quality.
4. @edchoice
Charter schools have been experimenting with both
for more than two decades and their market share
is growing faster than any other school type.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0
1999-00
1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 3% 4%
89% 89% 89% 89% 88% 88% 88%
10% 10% 10% 9% 9% 9% 8%
2001-02 2003-04 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2011-12
Charter
Traditional
Private
5. @edchoice
Indeed, many charter schools have coupled innovation
with best practices from private and public schools with
great results.
are low-income
and
of graduates
matriculated
to college
86%
83%
are low-income
and
of graduates
matriculated
to college
83%
100%
are low-income
and
of graduates
matriculated
to college
72%
100%
6. @edchoice
So what can the private school sector learn
from some of the top charter schools?
8. @edchoice
• a partner at Bellwether Education Partners,
• former Deputy Commissioner of Education of New Jersey and
Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education,
• former COO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,
• hot sauce aficionado,
• and fanatical blues guitarist,
analyzed charter
schools to produce
this synthesis of
best practices.
10. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
To date, there are now about 6,000 charter
schools serving nearly 2.3 million students.
11. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
In fact, student enrollment in the charter sector has
outpaced enrollment in private schools of choice.
2,400,000
2,000,000
1,600,000
1,200,000
800,000
400,000
0
2008 2009 2010 2011
Private School Choice Enrollment
Charter Management Organization Enrollment
Charter School Enrollment
Sources: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, “The Public Charter Schools Dashboard: A Comprehensive Data Resource from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools,”
accessed Apr. 4, 2014, http://dashboard.publiccharters.org/dashboard/schools/page/mgmt/year/2013; The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, The ABCs of School Choice: The
Comprehensive Guide to Every Private School Choice Program in America, 2014 ed. (Indianapolis: Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2014), http://www.edchoice.org/ABCs.
12. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
How have top-performing charter schools
expanded so quickly to meet the demand of
families?
13. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Many created Charter Management
Organizations (CMOs), which develop
new schools, all structured upon a
unique educational model, and help
those schools operate.
14. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Students enrolled in schools overseen by
CMOs have increased by more than
174 percent since 2007.
16. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Economies of Scale
def. – the consolidation of support
functions for all CMO network schools in
one place.
17. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Single-campus charter schools’ employees
must often wear multiple hats, spreading
their efforts thin...
18. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
...whereas CMOs might hire a few
specialists that utilize their expertise
for multiple schools, ensuring:
19. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Back-Office Support
def. – the freeing up of school principals’
time spent handling recruitment,
fundraising, budgeting, data processing,
and facilities management so they can
spend more time mentoring teachers.
20. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
What’s the most important
back-office support?
21. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Human Capital
def. – the process of competing to recruit
the best new talent and grooming the top
teachers for leadership positions.
22. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
How can CMOs compete with the
dominant public school system and
higher union wages for the best
potential talent?
23. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
External Partnerships
def. – establishing relationships with
organizations that cultivate teachers
outside the fairly uniform colleges of
education.
24. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Teach For America and TNTP are
examples of such organizations.
25. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
But CMOs don’t just recruit and cycle
through new teachers as critics claim.
They focus significantly on:
26. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Internal Investments
def. – fostering continuous improvement
by providing individualized professional
development programs for existing
teachers and grooming the best to be
principals.
27. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
The biggest driver of whether we
could open more schools—and
of how successful those schools
went on to be—was the strength
of the school leaders.
– Dacia Toll,
co-leader of the CMO
28. @edchoice
1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
We have retained 100 percent of
the school leaders who[m] we grew
from within the organization, and
we’ve retained 40 percent of the
ones we brought in from outside.
– Don Shalvey,
founder of the CMO
30. @edchoice
2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
A charter school incubator is a nonprofit
organization that identifies opportunities for
opening new charter schools based on the
needs of communities in a specific area.
31. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
Incubators encourage the growth of the
charter school supply in a few ways:
32. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
1. building relationships with great school
leaders and educators to launch and run
new charter schools in their area,
2. convincing existing CMOs to open
schools in their area, and
3. providing support, such as:
33. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
Leadership Pipelines
def. – a program strategy or service that
provides rigorous training for educators
by preparing them to become strong
future school leaders who can start and
run a new, successful school.
34. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
Start-Up Capital
def. – money to pay for new school
start-up costs, such as creating leader
training programs; purchasing books and
materials; and constructing, renovating,
or leasing a facility.
35. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
Strategy Guidance
def. – expert consultation to ensure soon-
to-be school leaders know how to: pass
school proposals through authorization
checkpoints, develop a local governing
board, build relationships with
communities, plan performance tracking
strategies, and otherwise map out key
steps toward a successful school launch.
36. 2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
@edchoice
Political Advocacy
def. – the process of staying up to date on
legislative changes that affect the charter
school sector, discussing developments
with school leaders, educating the public
on the effects issues will have on their
communities, and advocating for policies
that promote the growth of high-quality
schools.
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3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
A charter school authorizer is responsible
for writing and submitting charter contracts
typically to the state, and then holding
its charter schools accountable for their
performance according to the terms of
those contracts.
39. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
That means an authorizer is also
responsible for shutting down its
charter schools that fail to meet certain
performance goals.
40. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Authorizers can have few or many
schools in their portfolios, and they
come in a few forms:
41. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
LEAs, SEAs, HEIs, NEGs, NFPs, and ICBs
42. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Got it?
43. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Just kidding.
We’ll explain:
44. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
LEA – a local education agency, which is usually
the local district public school board
SEA – a state education agency, which is the
state’s department of education
HEI – a higher education institution
NEG – a non-educational government entity, such
as a mayor
NFP – a not-for-profit organization
45. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Most of those authorizer types serve many
other functions, spreading their skills and
time thin.
46. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Utilizing independent chartering boards
(ICBs) as authorizers is one way to ensure
greater thought and time are put into
planning which metrics schools track,
how they’re tracked, and whether they’re
successful.
47. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
ICBs are what we call...
48. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
Independent Agencies
def. – an organization run by a staff of
experts in accountability models, finance,
and other areas with a single purpose—to
authorize charter schools.
49. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
ICBs have practical perks, too.
50. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
1. They are not dependent upon the
political interests of a district board or
SEA.
51. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
2. They can set longer, staggered terms to
further insulate themselves from
constantly changing political leadership
and the personal interests that follow.
52. 3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
@edchoice
3. They are less inclined to place the task
of evaluating charter schools on the back
burner for other institutional tasks.
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For more details, real life examples, and
resources from the charter and private
sectors, read the full report at
edchoice.org/CharteredCourse.