“There are students stuck in schools that do not provide a high-quality education. Students should have other options, including access to schools outside their neighborhood.” Danyela Souza Egorov Tim DeRoche AvailableToAll nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-…

Keri Rodriguez, president of the National Parents Union: “Too many families are watching their kids get stuck in schools that aren’t working & being told to wait. Our kids can’t wait. 'Turnaround: The Reinvention of New Orleans’ Public Education System' is a clear-eyed look at

“America needs more teachers, but the crisis among men and boys highlights how much America needs more male teachers, in particular.” Check out my piece in The 74 highlighting how states are stepping up to address the shortage of male teachers! Link: the74million.org/article/states…

This new report my colleague Aidan Shannon and I wrote documents some very good news about college admissions. In the years since the Supreme Court banned racial preferences, 83% of top colleges have increased economic diversity -- many of them dramatically so.

Restorative Justice, one of the worst system-level strategies you can imagine. I've lost track of the number of schools I have supported out of this well-meant but destructive model, where behaviour has spiralled out of control because boundaries have become meaningless. This

As The Mind Trust works to support Connecticut charter schools & leaders, analyzing student achievement data helps us understand how well schools are serving their students. Read on to learn about Connecticut charter school districts' strong performance: themindtrust.org/blog/2026/03/0…

“As someone who has started & managed public charter schools in a challenging urban environment, I was impressed & moved by David Osborne’s compelling documentary on the New Orleans charter system.  "Turnaround: The Reinvention of New Orleans Public Education System" provides

Brandon, I've thought a lot about these issues, but even I don't understand your lingo here. You might want to unpack it, turn it into plain English. Thanks!

The most segregated public schools in America? New York. And across the state, attendance zones that mirror 1930s redlining maps are keeping kids out of better public schools--often just minutes away. More from The 74 on our new report: na2.hubs.ly/H04llfh0

Paul Vallas does a great job describing the Chicago Teachers Union's typical anti-charter behavior, which hurts black and brown families in Chicago: johnkassnews.com/the-ctus-war-o…

“Why does public education change so slowly—even when students can’t wait? 'Turnaround' confronts that question and reveals a powerful truth: the biggest barriers in education are not the people—they are the systems we ask them to work within. Inspired by David Osborne’s

They were teachers -- until revolving-door leadership, "be a buddy" discipline and unreachable parents drove them out the door. tinyurl.com/4zf8cjzc beanie0597_2.0 Dale Chu The Principal’s Office Dissident Teacher Greg Ashman Andrew Old Mrs. K David Osborne

Plus positive results of NCLB were achieved when most other aspects of education infrastructure were wrong: ie very few HQIM available, little knowledge of cognitive or reading science, far less school choice, etc. Even the standards themselves should have been a lot better. And

83% of elite universities are beginning to open their doors to working-class students. What's going on? I explain in The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/econom…

If you're interested in the history of charter schools, Ember Reichgott-Junge, sponsor of the first charter bill in the nation, and I travel down memory lane in this interview in the Charter School Founders Library. charterlibrary.org/library/interv…

Can the high school diploma be saved? MA business leaders want end-of-course exams to signal college, career and civic readiness. tinyurl.com/3xevn2uy Catherine Johnson Stephen Green David Osborne

“Too many families are watching their kids get stuck in schools that aren’t working and being told to wait. Our kids can’t wait. 'Turnaround: The Reinvention of New Orleans’ Public Education System' is a clear-eyed look at what happens when a city stops treating failure as normal

New data shows that public charter school alumni have significantly better life outcomes than those who attended traditional district-operated public schools. agencyworks.canto.com/pdfviewer/view…

If you care about public education outcomes for kids of color, pay attention to these findings from a new national report, by Agency Act and The Harris Poll, that examines life outcomes of public school graduates over the past decade: agencyworks.org/research Among graduates who

"People sometimes ask me why I switched my focus from “reinventing government” to education, as if those are two different things. I’m always tempted to remind them that the subtitle of Reinventing Government was How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public