For-profits: Aid or vice in public education?
Critics often accuse school reformers of “privatizing” public education. When for-profits enter the conversation, those same critics level more serious charges and often accuse those […]
Critics often accuse school reformers of “privatizing” public education. When for-profits enter the conversation, those same critics level more serious charges and often accuse those […]
Aug 1, 2013
On July 24th, the House Education and Workforce Committee approved a bill (26-13) called the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act. Introduced by Congresswoman […]
July 31, 2013
Gunnar Counselman, CEO of Fidelis Education, and I coauthored this piece. “There are a few moments in my life I will never forget. Like the […]
June 13, 2013
It’s a busy week in education in the Bay Area in California. With the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco with thousands of […]
May 2, 2013
The debate over digital-learning opportunities continues to heat up in New Jersey. It has now moved beyond just wondering whether full-time virtual learning opportunities have […]
Oct 11, 2012
I coauthored this piece with Gunnar Counselman, the founder and CEO of Fidelis, a venture-backed technology company that partners with leading colleges, veterans’ organizations, and […]
Mar 22, 2012
An article on Yahoo! News caught my eye a little while back because of what it says about the potential—and perhaps likelihood—of India leapfrogging the […]
Feb 22, 2012
One would expect a book by the CEO of a for-profit university to mount a vigorous defense of the much-maligned for-profit higher education sector. But […]
Jan 24, 2012
The Fordham Institute continued its critical series exploring how to create sound policy for digital learning in November with two new papers, “Teachers in the […]
Jan 9, 2012
An investigation of Colorado’s full-time virtual schools has revealed some dubious results and practices, which led the state’s Senate President to call for an emergency […]
Oct 24, 2011