A lot of people have a lot of assumptions about what kinds of kids are or aren't using private school choice programs. Demographic data is hard to come by. I find that an issue for public discourse, but we're working on collecting what we can. edchoice.org/engage/who-is-…

Always appreciate normalizing pluralism to American audiences.

Parents are likelier to evaluate the success of a school year qualitatively than quantitatively. Report cards, grades, and standardized tests are much less likely to be seen as a valuable feedback tool than simple communication with their child and teacher.

However, parents tend to find testing more useful when thinking about children in general rather than their own child. Great insight from Alli Aldis in her most recent polling roundup edchoice.org/engage/new-pol…

Teachers generally agree. They like testing even less than parents.

Teachers are feeling better about the field now than they were in the spring, but that’s not saying much. Unlike previous years, private school teachers are just as unlikely to recommend the profession as public school teachers.

Really good post today from John Kristof edchoice.org/engage/beyond-…

Parent reviews of charters and private schools cover instruction and learning more than reviews for traditional public schools

Like other public programs such as SNAP or EITC, school choice has an awareness problem. For example, almost all states have some kind of open enrollment, but only half of parents from those states think their state offers it. Awareness is even lower for private choice programs.

This is a great post from John Kristof. There's a lot of work to be done to inform and educate parents about K-12 choice programs and policies in their states. edchoice.org/engage/the-sch…

New mixed methods study of homeschoolers’ relationship with “school safety” in Journal of School Choice. Thanks to my talented co-authors at NCStateEEPA for their vision in this project.

Maryland and Washington

16 new papers from 23 authors at more than a dozen institutions! Journal of School Choice Eric Wearne Matthew Lee Albert Cheng Patrick Wolf Jonathan Plucker John Kristof JHU School of Education JHU Education Policy Mike Donnelly Mike McShane Neal McCluskey Michael Petrilli Paul DiPerna Paul E. Peterson

Several recent events are making it difficult for me to remain here in good conscience. If you know me you know I try hard to be understanding and non-reactionary, so I consider it a big deal to decide this. If you care to see future tweet-y things, I'm on Bluesky, same username.