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School Choice
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Education Law Prof Blog
Is There a Middle Ground in ESEA Reauthorization That Serves Both Sides’ Interests?
By Derek Black
Richard Kahlenberg thinks so. In a new essay in the Atlantic, Saving School Choice Without Undermining Poor Communities, he discusses the Republican insistence on increasing school choice and making Title I…
Education Law Prof Blog
How Parents Choose Schools
By Derek Black
NPR ran an interesting story this morning about how parents choose schools. It was based on a new report on school choice in New Orleans, which is, of course, all…
Education Law Prof Blog
What We Disagree About When We Disagree About School Choice
By Derek Black
Aaron Saiger has published a response to Osamudia R. James', Opt-Out Education: School Choice as Racial Subordination, which I posted earlier here. His response essay is titled What We Disagree About When…
Education Law Prof Blog
Public Has Strong Views on Education, But May Lack Key Information
By Derek Black
On Monday, Phi Delta Kappan (PDK)/Gallup released the results of its recent poll of attitudes on public education. Topping the public's concern was funding for public schools. The authors found that…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Complete Privitization of Public Education in Delaware? Not Yet
By Derek Black
The Republican leadership in the Delaware House has introduced legislation that would allow state per pupil expenditures on education to follow the child, even if the student goes to private…
Education Law Prof Blog
New York Schools Most Segregated in Nation, But Do Not Have to Be
By Derek Black
A new report by the Civil Rights Project finds that New York “has the most segregated schools in the country.” Weighing the state down is New York City, “home to…
Education Law Prof Blog
Opt-Out Education: School Choice as Racial Subordination
By Derek Black
Osamudia R. James' new article, Opt-Out Education: School Choice as Racial Subordination, is now available on westlaw at 99 Iowa L. Rev. 1083 (2014). Her abstract summarizes the article as…
Education Law Prof Blog
Districts Recommit to Magnet Schools to Stave Off Charters
By Derek Black
Magnet schools have been stagnate for some time. For instance, as Erica Frankenberg and Genevieve Siegel-Hawley detail in Choosing Diversity: School Choice and Racial Integration in the Age of Obama, 6…
Education Law Prof Blog
Voters Don’t Know Much, But They Know They Like Choice; But Why?
By Derek Black
A new report by the Foundation for Educational Choice, Interstate Survey: What Do Voters Say About K-12 Education in Six States?, found that heavy majorities in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, New…
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The ‘Progressive’ War on Kids – WSJ.com
The longest line in the U.S. isn't outside a Super Bowl stadium. It's black parents lining up for a chance to get their kids into a charter school or a…