Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released today that draw on a unique set of data throw cold water on that theory...
New research published in the fall issue of the Hoover Institution’s journal Education Next shows that relocating poor families to less poor neighborhoods may not be enough to lead to improved academic achievement for those families’ children...
Students in New York City charter schools are, on average, posting higher gains in reading and mathematics than they would have had they attended the city’s regular public schools, a federally financed study concludes...
While school vouchers haven't yet emerged as much of an issue in the presidential campaign (though Mayor Giuliani has been expressing support for them), they are quietly making progress on a state-by-state basis...
A new study by a Harvard economist that shows New York City charter schools pushing ahead of traditional public schools on standardized tests could have educators across the country looking to the city for lessons...