Research

“Twin” Studies Add More Pieces to Teacher Effectiveness Puzzle 0
- April 16, 2015
Apparently, there has been some rampant speculation that little Eddie is actually little Eddies, that there is more than one of me. At least that’s what I’ve been told. Now I find that sort of talk a little disturbing. Who am I anyway? Maybe someone has seen my doppelganger out there. I’d also given consideration […]
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Urban Charters Rock CREDO’s Newest Report 0
- March 26, 2015
Earlier this week, we celebrated Alabama’s entry into the world of charters even as we mourned the death of the first stab at an ESA program here in Colorado. We can’t leave the school choice balance teetering between good and sad, though, so today I want to take a look at some awesome new research […]
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NEA: Colorado Falls from 21st to 22nd in Per-Pupil Spending – Sound the Alarms!0
- March 19, 2015
The bad news? Today is one of those days when little Eddie is going to be a broken record. The good news? This will be brief and to the point. Go back in your mind all the way to last March, a whole year ago. The National Education Association — the nation’s largest teachers union […]
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K-12 Bureaucratic Barriers a Problem? Who Ya’ Gonna Call? Cage-Busters!0
- March 17, 2015
It’s not a completely unfair characterization to suggest that a specialty for 5-year-old boys is busting things. Or at least enjoying watching others bust things. This post won’t help disabuse anyone of that impression. Last week I cheered to see Marcus Winters flex his charter school myth-busting muscles. Today I bring your attention to a […]
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Myth-Buster Marcus Winter Blows Up Anti-Charter Talking Points… Again 0
- March 12, 2015
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for longer than I’ve been alive, then most likely you’ve heard of the show MythBusters. As the name would imply, the show’s hosts are out to disprove some commonly held misperceptions. What’s really cool is sometimes these guys get to crash things and blow up stuff to help […]
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Give Me Serious Charter Policy Debate over Silly Anti-Charter Deception 0
- March 4, 2015
When it comes to education policy, there are serious discussions and there are — ahem — less serious discussions. Recently, we’ve seen this truth play out regarding public charter schools. First, and most interestingly, the serious discussion. Education Next hosted a point-counterpoint between the chairman and executive director of the District of Columbia Public Charter […]
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