Joanne Jacobs
Can ESAs save Catholic schools?
Catholic schools have lost students to charters, but may rebound with the expansion of ESAs.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 161 min read
School choice is on the ballot
School choice measures are on the ballot in Kentucky, Colorado and Nebraska.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 112 min read
Students are narrowing achievement gaps in high-choice cities
In cities with at least a third of students in charters or other choice schools, students are narrowing achievement gaps.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 81 min read
39% of public-school parents are satisfied with their child's school
Only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child's school compared to 70% of private school parents.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 301 min read
Urban charters raise achievement -- or they close
Urban charter schools improve learning for disadvantaged minority students, and competition often improves nearby district schools.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 302 min read
Reform can work: Closing bad schools and opening new ones improved learning in Denver
Denver Public Schools improved -- a lot -- in part by closing bad schools and opening new ones.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 142 min read
A new choice in New Orleans: District opens a non-charter school
New Orleans is no longer an all-charter district.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 112 min read
Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda
The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 81 min read
A la carte learning in Florida
Alicia Garcia was a part-time cooking teacher before the pandemic closed Florida schools, writes Ron Matus on Next Steps. Now the former...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 262 min read
Harris thrills teachers' union, sticks to progressive orthodoxy
"God knows, we don't pay you enough," Kamala Harris told teachers at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston. That went...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
Black parents want choices, but Chicago plans to limit options
Black parents are the most likely to choose charter, selective enrollment or magnet schools in Chicago, reports Sarah Karp for WBEZ. She...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
Union-backed group claims choice is 'rooted in racism'
The union-backed Partnership for the Future of Learning has launched an anti-choice campaign charging that "voucher programs" are "deeply...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Charters are growing: Latino enrollment is way up
As district-run public schools lose enrollment -- 1.5 million students since 2019 -- charter schools are adding students, according to a...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 21, 20232 min read
DIY schooling leaves home: Microschools, co-ops, hybrids, pods ...
When schools went remote, many parents took charge of their children's education, and learned how to find online and community resources,...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Competing for kindergarteners
Kindergarten enrollment has fallen by 17 percent in the last six years in district school in New York City, reports the New York Post. In...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Why parents choose virtual schools
Virtual schooling has a bad reputation, writes Ian Kingsbury, a senior fellow at the Educational Freedom Institute, in City Journal....
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 26, 20231 min read
Poll finds strong, bipartisan support for school choice
Democrats and Republicans strongly support school choice, according to a new I&I/TIPP poll, reports Terry Jones. Here's the question,...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Don't ignore the smart kids
Victoria McDougald thought kindergarten would be exciting and joyful for her son, "an eager, rapid learner," but she learned that the...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 18, 20231 min read
Choice and common culture
We need to find a way to have school choice and to teach our "shared inheritance" as Americans, writes Fordham's Checker Finn. He worries...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Church, state and public school: Is the wall crumbling?
An Oklahoma board rejected a proposed Catholic charter school, citing the need for clarification on how a tax-funded Catholic school...
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