Listen to Audrey Watters discuss "Teaching Machines" (The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social) on Ethical Schools Podcast Podcast, previously reviewed by S.J. for NCSPE at TC Teachers College, Columbia University and excerpted here: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/au…

Coons and Sugarman's proposal for income-adjusted vouchers revived? China's tutoring sector collapsing? New voucher program in Iowa? Community schools bouncing back in Puerto Rico? See NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University January roundup of news & commentary: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/ja…

🎉 Surprise! We're elated to welcome our president, Thomas Bailey, back to Twitter. President Bailey, inaugurated at TC in 2018, is an economist focused on college access & success. He is the founding director of CCRC, and a pretty awesome grandfather. Welcome, Tom!

DeVos leading drive to overturn Whitmer's veto of voucher bill in MI? Deadlock over voucher bill in OK? Charters in CO under-enrolling students w disabilities?... See NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University February roundup of news & commentary: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/fe…

As calls for school vouchers gain momentum across the US, TC’s Samuel E. Abrams weighs in on how the Supreme Court eased the path for legislation that would lift restrictions on government funding supporting religious schools – via NBC News. nbcnews.com/news/education…

Vouchers in Idaho? New charter regulation in Pennsylvania? Protest against "no-excuses" charter culture in Newark? New rules for yeshivas in New York?... See NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University March roundup of news & commentary: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

Sitting on the beautiful UCLA campus, I opened my email to learn that my book won the Independent Publisher Book Award - Education (Commentary/Theory)! It's been a good day. Princeton University Press Peabody College

How does Joanna Härmä explain the rise of low-fee private schooling in the developing world? See this NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University analysis of her book on this controversial topic (Bloomsbury Academic) by @athomas2140, with excerpt: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

Why does the Supreme Court's disregard for foreign practice in "Carson v. Makin" matter so much? Samuel E. Abrams explains in this NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University analysis: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

What does school choice mean in Nepal? See this NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University working paper by Priyadarshani Joshi: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

In this report for Public Funds Public Schools Education Law Center & Southern Poverty Law Center, NCSPE's Samuel E. Abrams & S.J. document an alarming combination of soaring spending on vouchers for private ed & sinking spending on public ed across 7 states Teachers College, Columbia University Harvard University Press: pfps.org/assets/uploads…

Looking forward to addressing the parallels & differences between the #privatization of #education & #elderlycare as the guest tomorrow of Teppo Kröger CoE AgeCare University of Jyväskylä; honored to represent @FulbrightFIN Kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta - Turun yliopisto Turun yliopisto - University of Turku NCSPE at TC

All are welcome to virtual panel discussion on 3/25 of the Chinese edition of "Education & the Commercial Mindset" (Harvard University Press) hosted by Columbia Global Center Beijing, TC's Center on Chinese Education, & NCSPE at TC (EPSA at TC Teachers College, Columbia University): globalcenters.columbia.edu/events-beijing… 1/4

In this analysis of the surge in implementation of ESA programs across the US, I warn that this new à la carte form of school choice poses a significant threat to rural communities (EPSA at TC TC's Office of Teacher Education NCSPE at TC Education Law Center Public Funds Public Schools Southern Poverty Law Center). 1/6

Ohio is one of 5 states looking to expand private school vouchers this year. What's driving them? cleveland.com/news/2023/04/o…

How effective are public-private partnership (PPP) schools in Punjab, Pakistan? See this NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University working paper by Ali Hasan Ansari: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

How do Sandy Baum & Michael McPherson (Michael McPherson) view higher ed in America as so unequal and what do they urge as remedies? See this NCSPE Teachers College, Columbia University analysis of their book (Princeton University Press), with excerpt: ncspe.tc.columbia.edu/center-news/20…

Hate to say I told you so, but Finland's plunge of 30 points in reading on PISA 2022 (≈1 year of learning) accords with my warning in this 2017 "Helsingin Sanomat" article that cell phones in schools spelled big trouble (Teachers College, Columbia University Kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta - Turun yliopisto): hs.fi/kotimaa/art-20…

What will happen to America's first-ever religious charter school? TC's Samuel E. Abrams weighs in on the ongoing legal battle. #privatization #inclusivecurriculum tc.columbia.edu/articles/2023/…

This funding of religious education comes w/out the regulation central to European voucher systems, I maintain in this article, and more fundamentally, erodes the common ground public schools, however imperfectly, have long afforded this country. Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹🇨🇱❤️ Pasi Sahlberg