Archive for January 23rd, 2008

Unchartered Waters

Education SectorAndy Rotherham, aka eduwonk, posts Ed Sector’s latest policy brief today (Fair Trade: Five Deals to Expand and Improve Charter Schooling). His first idea is the best one, IMHO: Trade charter school caps for more rapid expansion of proven charter schools. Sounds like a plan. And good common sense. Come to think of it, you could boil all of education reform down to two simple rules:

Rule No 1. If it works, do more of it.

Rule No. 2. If it doesn’t work, stop doing it.

Charters like KIPP and Achievement First meet the Rule No. 1 test.

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