The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In New York, where I live, the city spends upwards of $300 million a year in taxpayer funds on private school tuition for children with disabilities. But two recent academic papers, synthesizing dozens of reading studies, are raising questions about the effectiveness of these expensive education policies. Science evolves.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring Private School Social Justice Research 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Let’s consider for a moment if our egalitarian impulses, however well-intended, have prevented us from pursuing a vision of public education that could be more fruitful…. Perhaps schools are simply more effective at advancing private purposes and we’re assigning them a role that they are ill-suited to play.

Education 128

Education Charter School Social Justice K-12 128

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

Ethical dilemmas abound in education. Should middle school teachers let a failing eighth-grade student graduate, knowing that if she’s held back, she’ll likely drop out? Should a private school principal condone inflated grades?

Social Justice 67

Social Justice Middle School Political Science Human Rights 67