Public Schools
Charter Schools
#ChartersWork School Profile: Pacific Collegiate, Santa Cruz, CA
The Pacific Collegiate School is a rigorous charter high school that serves students in Santa Cruz, California. The Pacific Collegiate School, or PCS, is California’s top-ranked, open-admission public high school and, as a leader in the charter education debate in Santa Cruz, PCS has demonstrated the best charter schools have ...
California
U.S. Pediatricians Call For Action On Childhood Obesity, One Program Delivers
To combat soaring childhood obesity rates, just released guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics call for greater prevention efforts, including increased physical activity for children. Although the pediatricians group says that more research needs to be done to prove whether anti-obesity strategies work, a new UCLA study has found ...
Blended Learning
ChartersWork School Profile: Grimmway Academy, Arvin, CA
Grimmway Academy is a charter school that serves primarily low-income, first-generation students in Arvin, California. Grimmway’s founder, Barbara Grimm-Marshall, is co-owner of Grimmway Farms, the largest carrot manufacturer in the world and the largest employer in Kern County. As part of their effort to give back to the community, Grimmway ...
California
California should follow Nevada in offering education savings accounts
When it comes to education reform, Nevada and California are a tale of two states — the best of times and the worst of times. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed legislation creating a universal school-choice program that will allow parents the freedom to choose the best education for their ...
Commentary
Why Your State Should Copy Nevada’s School Choice Plan
With new research showing widespread underperformance among middle class students in states across the country, Nevada’s recently enacted nearly universal education savings account (ESA) program could not have come at a better time. Under Nevada’s new program, for parents earning above the low-income level, the state will deposit funds totaling ...
Commentary
All states should emulate Nevada’s Universal School Choice plan
With a landmark stroke of his pen, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed legislation establishing the nation’s first statewide school-choice education-savings-account program available to all parents, regardless of their income level. With new studies showing widespread underperformance among middle-class children across the country, other states should implement similar programs immediately. ...
Charter Schools
Affluent School Districts Don’t Guarantee Better Academic Performance
Some parents in affluent Michigan school districts may be surprised to learn the local school isn’t just failing to give their kids a leg up, it’s holding them back. New research shows that a number of Michigan schools in middle- to upper-income areas are underperforming on state and national proficiency ...
Commentary
Suburban Detroit schools underperform
Are the Michigan public schools that serve mostly middle class students performing well? Lots of parents think so. They may believe that student performance problems are limited to Detroit or other poor inner city areas. But many middle class, suburban schools are not as good as parents may think. That’s ...
Education
Not as Good as You Think: Michigan
Read the Press Release Download the Complete Study Many middle-class Michiganders think that most low-performing schools are located in poor inner cities such as Detroit, not in their nice neighborhoods or in their smaller towns. They need to think again. Based on a variety of indicators, many Michigan public schools ...
Commentary
Suburban Fort Worth schools underperform
Are the Texas public schools that serve many middle-class children performing well? Lots of parents think so. But many of these schools are not as good as they think. Thats according to a new study from the Pacific Research Institute, which analyzed school performance in Texas using a number of ...
#ChartersWork School Profile: Pacific Collegiate, Santa Cruz, CA
The Pacific Collegiate School is a rigorous charter high school that serves students in Santa Cruz, California. The Pacific Collegiate School, or PCS, is California’s top-ranked, open-admission public high school and, as a leader in the charter education debate in Santa Cruz, PCS has demonstrated the best charter schools have ...
U.S. Pediatricians Call For Action On Childhood Obesity, One Program Delivers
To combat soaring childhood obesity rates, just released guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics call for greater prevention efforts, including increased physical activity for children. Although the pediatricians group says that more research needs to be done to prove whether anti-obesity strategies work, a new UCLA study has found ...
ChartersWork School Profile: Grimmway Academy, Arvin, CA
Grimmway Academy is a charter school that serves primarily low-income, first-generation students in Arvin, California. Grimmway’s founder, Barbara Grimm-Marshall, is co-owner of Grimmway Farms, the largest carrot manufacturer in the world and the largest employer in Kern County. As part of their effort to give back to the community, Grimmway ...
California should follow Nevada in offering education savings accounts
When it comes to education reform, Nevada and California are a tale of two states — the best of times and the worst of times. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed legislation creating a universal school-choice program that will allow parents the freedom to choose the best education for their ...
Why Your State Should Copy Nevada’s School Choice Plan
With new research showing widespread underperformance among middle class students in states across the country, Nevada’s recently enacted nearly universal education savings account (ESA) program could not have come at a better time. Under Nevada’s new program, for parents earning above the low-income level, the state will deposit funds totaling ...
All states should emulate Nevada’s Universal School Choice plan
With a landmark stroke of his pen, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed legislation establishing the nation’s first statewide school-choice education-savings-account program available to all parents, regardless of their income level. With new studies showing widespread underperformance among middle-class children across the country, other states should implement similar programs immediately. ...
Affluent School Districts Don’t Guarantee Better Academic Performance
Some parents in affluent Michigan school districts may be surprised to learn the local school isn’t just failing to give their kids a leg up, it’s holding them back. New research shows that a number of Michigan schools in middle- to upper-income areas are underperforming on state and national proficiency ...
Suburban Detroit schools underperform
Are the Michigan public schools that serve mostly middle class students performing well? Lots of parents think so. They may believe that student performance problems are limited to Detroit or other poor inner city areas. But many middle class, suburban schools are not as good as parents may think. That’s ...
Not as Good as You Think: Michigan
Read the Press Release Download the Complete Study Many middle-class Michiganders think that most low-performing schools are located in poor inner cities such as Detroit, not in their nice neighborhoods or in their smaller towns. They need to think again. Based on a variety of indicators, many Michigan public schools ...
Suburban Fort Worth schools underperform
Are the Texas public schools that serve many middle-class children performing well? Lots of parents think so. But many of these schools are not as good as they think. Thats according to a new study from the Pacific Research Institute, which analyzed school performance in Texas using a number of ...
