20June, 2019
The Negative Cycle of Student Immobilization
- a Dr. Jessica Spallino
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School Choice, Charter Schools, educational freedom, mobility
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During a time of heated intolerance of public charter schools, we are reminded of those who ultimately suffer the consequences of limited school choice. The potential decline of school choice due to struggles over student revenue are sharpening the impact on those trapped in the poorest of...
28May, 2019
We Don't Cut Corners: Quality, Ethics and Choice in California Public Education
- a Mark Holley
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Method Schools, School Choice, public charter school, California legislature, educational freedom, AB 1507, AB 1505, AB 1506
As a charter school today it feels like we're fighting a battle on two fronts. The first is well-known: traditionalists who are against individual choice in education. Everyone needs a boogeyman, and for public education it's been things like perceived lack of funding, the digital divide, new...
15May, 2019
The Disenfranchising of California Families
- a Dr. Jessica Spallino
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School Choice, Charter Schools, California legislature, educational freedom, AB 1507, AB 1505, AB 1506
I grew up in a strict Democratic household. So severe in fact, that anyone who did not share the same beliefs was left to feel moderately or even extremely uncomfortable in our home. We represented the working class and with my father as an impassioned union steward, we closely aligned ourselves...