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Choice-Based Education Reform

Choice-Based Education Reform
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How Parents Can Find Out What They Need to Know in an Era of School Choice
Andrew McEachin, Laura S. Hamilton
Feb 21, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
To make an informed choice about schools, parents need to know about the quality of instruction, services, and the overall school climate. Schools need a better system of measuring and collecting data on performance, and a way to make it accessible to families.
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Charter Schools
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Making American Education Great Will Require More Than Charter Schools
V. Darleen Opfer @VDarleenOpfer
Dec 13, 2016
Dallas Morning News
The nomination of Betsy DeVos for U.S. Secretary of Education has shone a spotlight on charter schools. While charters could become an important part of a great education system, this burst of attention poses a risk that other issues will be ignored.
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Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act)
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How School Choice Could Disadvantage Low-Income Students
Andrew McEachin, Brian M. Stecher, Grace Evans
Sep 1, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
The flexibility to allow Title I-A funds to follow students across schools has a certain appeal. But it could have negative consequences for some of the poorest students.
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Educational Equity
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Narrowing the Income Achievement Gap
Heather L. Schwartz
Jun 12, 2014
Education Week
The achievement gap between children from the highest- and lowest-income families has substantially grown since 1960. The income achievement gap is now about twice the size of the black-white achievement gap.
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Charter Schools
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What Do We Know About Charter Schools? Moving Beyond the Talking Points
Apr 4, 2013
Since their inception in 1992, charter schools have been a lightning rod for controversy in the education policy world. Research highlights the importance of moving beyond test scores and broadening the scope of measures that evaluate success in order to fully assess the performance of charter schools.
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commentary
Parents of Schoolchildren: Start Your Information Engines
Brian Gill, Laura S. Hamilton
Oct 10, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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commentary
Navigating Research on Alternative Schools
Ron Zimmer, Christopher Nelson
Sep 19, 2004
San Diego Union-Tribune
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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