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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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 @schwartz_hl
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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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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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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Moscow wants to annex large parts of Ukraine, it wants to demilitarize the country so that the government cannot fight against its actions, and it wants a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv. The sad reality is that annexing four regions is unlikely to be the end of Russia's mission in Ukraine, but just one phase in Putin's much longer project. Both Ukraine and its backers must be prepared for a protracted war.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Foreign Affairs

The strength of NATO is that it is at its essence an ongoing consultation based on trust, and where needed a central meeting point for smaller groups of allies to collaborate on an issue-by-issue basis. Finland and Sweden could benefit by working from the outset to advance the dialogue, express their interests, and help to shape what can be a stronger, smarter NATO.

Gene Germanovich

International Defense Researcher

Source: United Press International

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Choice-Based Education Reform

How Parents Can Find Out What They Need to Know in an Era of School Choice

How School Choice Could Disadvantage Low-Income Students

Narrowing the Income Achievement Gap

What Do We Know About Charter Schools? Moving Beyond the Talking Points

Parents of Schoolchildren: Start Your Information Engines

Navigating Research on Alternative Schools

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