Douglas N. Harris. Charter School City: What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American Education Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. 352 pp.

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-267
Author(s):  
Walter C. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Charter School ◽  
American Education ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

Betsy DeVos’s Education Reform Agenda: What Principals—and Their Publics—Need to Know

2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie S. Kaplan ◽  
William A. Owings
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Charter School ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
American Education ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Education Leaders

Betsy DeVos, the new U.S. Secretary of Education, has a reform agenda to advance school choice. Her track record includes enabling charter school growth in Michigan at taxpayers’ expense with little oversight or accountability. Although an effective advocate, DeVos represents a broader policy movement to privatize American education, much of it happening beneath public awareness. Understanding Ms. DeVos’s policy goals, how the President and Congress are supporting these, and how privatization is occurring in states can help principals and education leaders recognize the stakes, learn what to watch for, and take appropriate actions to preserve and strengthen America’s public schools.

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