There’s no one-size-fits-all governance model that can improve all aspects of the American public school system. However, focusing on what’s best for students, rather than what’s most convenient for adults, should be the lodestar for any number of reforms directed at the differing needs charter, magnet, and traditional schools, particularly low-performing schools. In addition, tying school board elections to student outcomes would provide some political accountability.
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Michael T. Hartney is an associate professor of political science at Boston College, a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution, adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and research affiliate at the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame.
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