The growth of for - profit online schools, one of the more overtly commercial
segments of the school choice movement, is rooted in the theory that corporate efficiencies combined with the Internet can revolutionize public education, offering high quality at reduced cost.
Coleman became the North
Star of the school choice movement when he reported that students, especially those of minority background, performed at a higher level if they attended Catholic schools.
On the East Coast, Washington, D.C., has become the new
darling of the school choice movement, thanks in part to pro-reform leadership (and a weak union) that has delivered an evaluation and merit pay system much like the one New York's reformers once hoped to implement at home.
Both charters are funded by conservative Oregon businessman John Bryan's Challenge Foundation, a right - wing
funder of the school choice movement, and they include representatives from the foundation on their governing boards.
Meredith: And Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was clearly not fully up to date on the history of racial segregation and its continuing impact when she first came into office, given her comment about HBCUs being
pioneers of the school choice movement.
The
evolution of the school choice movement has resulted in charter - management organizations (CMOs) coming on the scene and essentially franchising schools like McDonalds and Burger King all over the United States.
With other types of schools now in the mix — charter and voucher - redeeming schools — and other «superintendents» with similar power to Bennett's, it's important to the
health of the school choice movement that we all learn from Bennett's leadership.
«Wisconsin has been at the
forefront of the school choice movement, and AFC would like to thank the legislature for continuing this momentum and embracing educational choice,» said Betsy DeVos, chairman of the American Federation for Children.