Good News for D.C. Vouchers

There’s good news in the Journal this morning, as Senator Durbin expressed he might be willing to grant the D.C. voucher program a second life. This is great news.  Durbin was the one who originally scheduled the program for cuts, despite it’s massive popularity and success. Earlier this year, Mr. Durbin inserted language into a [...]

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Charter Schools, Affluence and Achievement

The Journal has an interesting article on a new study that adds fuel to the education reform fire.   The study, which the journal calls the most comprehensive to date, found that: New York charter applicants are more likely than the average New York family to be black, poor and living in homes with adults who [...]

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