Students are not exempted from the
challenges faced by adults, and in their
education, they learn about
intractable problems such as economic inequality or global climate change.
Can they help solve the most
intractable — and costly — problems, or would they be put to better use supporting more routine
challenges or, as Michael Petrilli recently argued in this column, helping advance basic
education research («Big Data Transforms Education Research,» what next, Wint
education research («Big Data Transforms
Education Research,» what next, Wint
Education Research,» what next, Winter 2018)?
«It is immensely gratifying to release a report which demonstrates that high numbers of charter schools are generating results that provide hope that public
education's most
intractable problems can be addressed, in spite of all the
challenges charters face.