Can you be politically progressive and support school choice and charter schools? How much does it matter that a majority of Americans support school choice? Those were just some of the questions raised in watching the public comment portion of the ILEA’s most recent meeting. Continue reading Can You Be a Progressive and Support School Choice?
Part 2 of our “Fully funded, fully public” thought experiment, wherein I unpack what would make Indianapolis’ education ecosystem fully public. And address concerns traditional public school advocates tend to raise about charter schools and why they feel they aren’t actually public schools. Continue reading What Does Fully Funded, Fully Public Mean? A Thought Experiment, Part 2.
Fully funded, fully public. It’s what many education advocates call for, this last legislative session included. Yet the terms are often nebulous, ill-defined. So I’m undertaking a two-part series to explore what a system of public schools that are fully funded and fully public might look like in practice. Continue reading What Does Fully Funded, Fully Public Mean? A Thought Experiment, Part 1.
