Improving Educational Outcomes Through Innovation

Published: April 22, 2019

While there are many reasons why public education performs poorly in the United States, the overriding cause is that it operates as a monopolistic system. Education is one area where improvement is genuinely in all of our interests. Public education can be improved through expanding the supply of schools, empowering parents, and diversifying within the existing monopoly.

Discussion Questions

1. How much choice do parents have over their children’s schooling?
2. How do U.S. students fare on national assessments?
3. How do American schools compare with schools in other countries?

Additional Resources

• Read CREDO’s comprehensive “Urban Charter Schools Report” and 22 state-specific reports that combine to offer policymakers unprecedented insight into the effectiveness of charter schools, available here.
• Read CREDO’s report “Charter Management Organizations, 2017” to examine the lifecycle of charter school networks from founding of the flagship school to development and eventual expansion of the network, available here.