Memo to Rhee: McKay Scholarships for DCPS!
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Erin Dillion over at the Quick and the Ed has posted a copy of a table on Special Education private placements from a recent research report on parental choice in...
View ArticleThe Argument Clinic
Stuart Buck and I have a post over on the Education Next Blog addressing a letter that Sara Mead of the New America Foundation wrote in response to our article on special education vouchers. Here’s a...
View ArticleMcKay Scholarship Mom Goes to War with Tenure in Florida Video
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) W*O*W, watch the video.
View ArticleAmid Talk of Gun Control, Don’t Forget School Reform
(Guest Post by William Mattox) Amid all the talk about gun control and mental health reform, one important question begged by last month’s tragedy in Connecticut has gone unasked: Is there anything we...
View ArticleHeads You Win, Tails You Still Win
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) I had the opportunity to testify to the Senate Education committee in Texas today on the experience with parental choice programs for special needs children. One of the...
View ArticleTexas Special Education Disgrace-“It Was All a Numbers Game”
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) The Houston Chronicle has delivered an expose on a covert and “successful” effort by the Texas Education Agency to create a defacto cap of 8.5% on the number of Texas...
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