Charters Can Earn Community Support as They Grow
An article in Time profiles Yinghua Academy, a Mandarin-immersion charter school in Minnesota. (And, yes, although equally innovative schools are...
Charters Shouldn’t Have to Copy Traditional Public Schools
Worrisome news from Los Angeles suggests that some public school districts are not the “melting pots” that education lore makes...
Oregon: “Land of the Empire Builders” ? and Charter Deniers
A proposed charter school, Excelsior Prep, has been turned down by a school board in Oregon. Surprise, surprise: “We were...
Oregon’s School Districts Can’t Keep Up With Demand for Language Immersion
While most states are giving parents a wider range of educational choices, Oregon is going in the opposite direction. From...
Another Proposal Turned Down in Oregon’s Anti-Charter Environment
Last night, a school board in Oregon turned down a charter school application because the proposed charter would compete with...
Starting a Charter School in Wyoming
Lest anyone think I’m trying to pick on Oregon when I write about its nonsensical charter school application process, let...
Innovation, Monopoly-Style
For public schools to be innovative, it helps to have a competitive education market surrounding them. Then, schools are on...
It’s Ridiculously Hard to Start a Charter School in Oregon
This article about a proposed Spanish-immersion charter school (linked to by the Panama City Renaissance School Blog) illustrates how outrageous...
Payday Loan Regulations Are Misguided
The Post-Dispatch featured an article this week exploring how “Payday loan dispute does not slow use.” The article focuses on...
The Future of Highway Funding
The Kansas City Star reports on the increasing support for a plan to scrap and replace the fuel tax. The...
Addressing Charter Enrollment Disparities
This is from an article about charter schools in Portland, Ore.: School board members in Portland worry that a large...
The Future of Charter Schools
Andrew Coulson writes at Cato@Liberty about the regulation that invariably accompanies public education funding. He predicts that regulation will catch...
News From Oregon
When you introduce choice and competition into the education market, people with a vested interest in traditional districts don’t take...
Virtual Schools in Jeopardy
Edspresso links to this op-ed about the virtual school controversy in Oregon. It describes how Oregon restricts virtual school attendance...
“Out-of-Control” Virtual Schools
I found this link through the Panama City Renaissance School blog: an article about the virtual school controversy in Oregon....
Mileage Tax vs. Gasoline Tax
In Oregon, discussions regarding movement from the gasoline tax to a mileage tax are gaining national attention. Previously, the gasoline tax has been...
Mailing It In
The controversy over seating Democratic delegates awarded in the Florida and Michigan primaries has escalated to the point where it...
Stokes Posts Bail
More accurately, the title of this entry should read, "Stokes Posts Blog Post About Bail Bondsmen," but titles should be...
I’m Running as Fast as I Can
The other day, I noticed an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about rankings of the world’s 30 "fast cities"...
Ready for Change: What Missourians Think of Parental Choice and the Public Schools
The Show-Me Institute has released a new study detailing Missouri’s overwhelming level of support for school choice, as demonstrated from...
