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Emily Langhorne

Associate Director Reinventing America's Schools Project

Emily Langhorne is the former Associate Director of the Progressive Policy Institutes's Reinventing America's School Project.

Written Articles

The Progressive Roots of Charter Schools
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The Progressive Roots of Charter Schools

10.21.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “Ed Reformers Rejoice: New CREDO Report Shows Student Progress In New Orleans Has Continued”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Ed Reformers Rejoice: New CREDO Report Shows Student Progress In New Orleans Has Continued”

05.21.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “Bookshare: How One Nonprofit Is Improving The Lives Of Students With ‘Reading Barriers'”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Bookshare: How One Nonprofit Is Improving The Lives Of Students With ‘Reading Barriers'”

05.01.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “Fixing the Weak Link in the Charter Chain”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Fixing the Weak Link in the Charter Chain”

04.08.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “The Montessori Comeback”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “The Montessori Comeback”

03.27.2019
Langhorne for Medium, “Why We Need to Make Public School Choice an Easier Choice for Low-Income Families”
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Langhorne for Medium, “Why We Need to Make Public School Choice an Easier Choice for Low-Income Families”

03.19.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “Separating Fact From Fiction: Five Important Findings About The Nation’s Charter School Landscape”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Separating Fact From Fiction: Five Important Findings About The Nation’s Charter School Landscape”

03.14.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “The Real Faces Behind the ‘Corporate Reform’ of America’s Public Schools”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “The Real Faces Behind the ‘Corporate Reform’ of America’s Public Schools”

02.28.2019
A Look Inside Monument Academy, a D.C. Public Charter School Designed to Serve Students in Foster Care
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A Look Inside Monument Academy, a D.C. Public Charter School Designed to Serve Students in Foster Care

02.22.2019
Langhorne for The 74, “At D.C.’s Ingenuity Prep, Personalized Learning Hasn’t Replaced Teacher Time; It’s Put the Focus Back on Small Groups”
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Langhorne for The 74, “At D.C.’s Ingenuity Prep, Personalized Learning Hasn’t Replaced Teacher Time; It’s Put the Focus Back on Small Groups”

02.07.2019
Langhorne for The 74, “Creating the Next Generation of Digital Innovators at Washington, D.C.’s First Computer Science-Focused Middle School”
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Langhorne for The 74, “Creating the Next Generation of Digital Innovators at Washington, D.C.’s First Computer Science-Focused Middle School”

01.31.2019
Langhorne for The 74, “A, B, C, F: Why This High School Never Gives Ds and Teaches Its Students to Think Like Lawyers”
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Langhorne for The 74, “A, B, C, F: Why This High School Never Gives Ds and Teaches Its Students to Think Like Lawyers”

01.25.2019
Langhorne for The 74, “A D.C. School Meant to Inspire Teachers and Students”
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Langhorne for The 74, “A D.C. School Meant to Inspire Teachers and Students”

01.17.2019
Langhorne for The 74, “Inside One of America’s First Catholic-to-Charter School Conversions: ‘Intentionally Small,’ Built Around Character & Thriving”
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Langhorne for The 74, “Inside One of America’s First Catholic-to-Charter School Conversions: ‘Intentionally Small,’ Built Around Character & Thriving”

01.09.2019
Langhorne for Forbes, “The ‘Dating App’ That Helps Teachers Find A Best-Fit School”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “The ‘Dating App’ That Helps Teachers Find A Best-Fit School”

10.25.2018
Langhorne for The 74, “From Troubled School to Turnaround to Texas ‘Teaching Lab'”
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Langhorne for The 74, “From Troubled School to Turnaround to Texas ‘Teaching Lab'”

10.03.2018
Why Suburban Districts Need Public Charter Schools Too
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Why Suburban Districts Need Public Charter Schools Too

10.02.2018
Osborne and Langhorne for The 74, “Where Politics Make Charters Difficult, 9 Tips for How Urban Districts Can Create Charter-like Schools – and Improve Their Success”
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Osborne and Langhorne for The 74, “Where Politics Make Charters Difficult, 9 Tips for How Urban Districts Can Create Charter-like Schools – and Improve Their Success”

09.20.2018
Langhorne for Forbes, “An Unlikely Alliance: Here’s What Can Happen If Teachers Unions Embrace Charter Schools”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “An Unlikely Alliance: Here’s What Can Happen If Teachers Unions Embrace Charter Schools”

09.11.2018
Langhorne for Forbes, “Five Reasons Why Independent Charters Outperform In-District Autonomous Schools”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Five Reasons Why Independent Charters Outperform In-District Autonomous Schools”

08.23.2018
Langhorne for Forbes, “The Teacher-Powered Schools Movement: Transforming Teachers From Industrial Workers To Professionals”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “The Teacher-Powered Schools Movement: Transforming Teachers From Industrial Workers To Professionals”

07.11.2018
Langhorne for The Washington Post, “Following New Orleans’s Lead on Charter-School Education”
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Langhorne for The Washington Post, “Following New Orleans’s Lead on Charter-School Education”

07.02.2018
Langhorne for Forbes, “Mohammed Choudhury on Empowered Educators, Controlled Choice, And The Third Way For Urban Districts”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Mohammed Choudhury on Empowered Educators, Controlled Choice, And The Third Way For Urban Districts”

06.25.2018
Langhorne for The Washington Post, “D.C. Graduation Fraud? Not in the Charter Schools.”
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Langhorne for The Washington Post, “D.C. Graduation Fraud? Not in the Charter Schools.”

06.18.2018
Langhorne for Forbes, “Teachers Village: One City’s Innovative Solution to The Problem of Teacher Retention”
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Langhorne for Forbes, “Teachers Village: One City’s Innovative Solution to The Problem of Teacher Retention”

06.08.2018
Langhorne for The 74, “Independence, Assertiveness, Ability to Correct Others – Behavioral Traits of Top-Performing Teachers”
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Langhorne for The 74, “Independence, Assertiveness, Ability to Correct Others – Behavioral Traits of Top-Performing Teachers”

06.05.2018
Why it Matters That Public Charters Dominated the 2018 US News Best High School Rankings
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Why it Matters That Public Charters Dominated the 2018 US News Best High School Rankings

05.09.2018
Langhorne and Amann for The Washington Monthly, “The Hidden Piece of Good News in Congress’s Budget Deal”
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Langhorne and Amann for The Washington Monthly, “The Hidden Piece of Good News in Congress’s Budget Deal”

03.15.2018
Langhorne for RealClearEducation, “To Help Troubled Students, Teachers Need Support Not ‘Guidance'”
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Langhorne for RealClearEducation, “To Help Troubled Students, Teachers Need Support Not ‘Guidance'”

03.13.2018
Langhorne for The Hill, “Stop asking teachers if they’ll kill children”
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Langhorne for The Hill, “Stop asking teachers if they’ll kill children”

03.07.2018
A Step Down for the Chancellor; A Step Forward for D.C.
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A Step Down for the Chancellor; A Step Forward for D.C.

02.21.2018
Langhorne for The 74, “As a Teacher, I Was Complicit in Grade Inflation. Our Low Expectations Hurt Students We Were Supposed to Help”
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Langhorne for The 74, “As a Teacher, I Was Complicit in Grade Inflation. Our Low Expectations Hurt Students We Were Supposed to Help”

01.25.2018
Shelby County Public Schools Superintendent Hobson is “willing to voluntarily relinquish control over some struggling schools to be operated by private charter groups,” or so we hope.
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Shelby County Public Schools Superintendent Hobson is “willing to voluntarily relinquish control over some struggling schools to be operated by private charter groups,” or so we hope.

01.24.2018
Langhorne for US News, “The Truth About ‘Segregated’ Charter Schools”
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Langhorne for US News, “The Truth About ‘Segregated’ Charter Schools”

12.21.2017
Langhorne for The 74, “Taking Away $250 Tax Deduction for School Supplies Speaks Volumes About How We Value Teachers”
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Langhorne for The 74, “Taking Away $250 Tax Deduction for School Supplies Speaks Volumes About How We Value Teachers”

11.15.2017
Langhorne for The 74 / Reinventing America’s Schools: “This Detroit Charter School Has Just 1 Mission That All Charters Should Adopt: ‘Excellence'”
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Langhorne for The 74 / Reinventing America’s Schools: “This Detroit Charter School Has Just 1 Mission That All Charters Should Adopt: ‘Excellence'”

10.16.2017
Langhorne for Reinventing America’s Schools at The 74, “Q&A: At D.C.’s Washington Latin Public Charter School, ‘the Greatest Success Is the Culture'”
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Langhorne for Reinventing America’s Schools at The 74, “Q&A: At D.C.’s Washington Latin Public Charter School, ‘the Greatest Success Is the Culture'”

09.22.2017
Langhorne for The 74, “When Pursuing Education Becomes a Crime, It’s the System That Should Be Scrutinized, Not the Students”
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Langhorne for The 74, “When Pursuing Education Becomes a Crime, It’s the System That Should Be Scrutinized, Not the Students”

08.22.2017
21st Century School Systems Need Effective Authorizers
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21st Century School Systems Need Effective Authorizers

07.14.2017
A Promising Perkins Reauthorization
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A Promising Perkins Reauthorization

07.07.2017
Et Tu, NAACP?
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Et Tu, NAACP?

04.08.2017