Reinventing America’s Schools
America needs a 21st century model of public education geared to the knowledge economy. Charter schools are showing the way, because they provide autonomy for schools, accountability for results, and parental choice among schools tailored to the diverse learning styles of children. David Osborne’s book, Reinventing America’s Schools, explores the new paradigm of public education that is emerging to fit the realities of the 21st century.
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The Belief Gap: 2023 National Education Summit
08.31.2023
“We have a Belief Gap in education.” I uttered those exact words from the main stage of the Smithsonian’s Institute’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for the 2023 Smithsonian National Education Summit. The summit came at a time when the country was becoming more and more divided along political lines on the topic of education…
Pankovits for Colorado Springs Gazette: Assessments vindicate Denver’s innovation schools
08.23.2023
By Tressa Pankovits Denver Public Schools (DPS) was once a national model for school innovation and reform. District leadership focused on student learning and giving parents choices to find the best fit for their children. Now, the DPS board is stacked with directors beholden to the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. It’s so ideologically married to…
Pankovits for WisPolitics: On Wisconsin: Democrats listening to parents advance equal school funding
08.18.2023
By Tressa Pankovits Students may not realize it, but when they head back to school next week, public education will be funded at the highest level in Wisconsin history. It’s important to recognize a handful of Democrats, all from blue, blue Milwaukee, who courageously cast a hard vote this legislative session. As a result, Wisconsin…
Pankovits for The Messenger: How Democrats Can Turn the Tables on Republicans’ Education Politics
07.31.2023
By Tressa Pankovits President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965. It’s one of the most important education-related pieces of legislation ever passed, in no small part because of its Title I provision. House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee just voted to gut Title I. Specifically, they want to…
RAS Reports Podcast Series Lands at Essence Fest!
07.28.2023
Beyoncé is right. Who runs the world? Girls! Black women are the decision makers at home and a driving force in educational advocacy in our communities so it’s only right that Reinventing America’s Schools (RAS) — a project housed at the Progressive Policy Institute — and our RAS Reports podcast traveled to New Orleans to…
Marshall for NYDN: Colleges without affirmative action: What the schools must do now
07.02.2023
By Will Marshall Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has brushed aside its own precedents to achieve a long-sought conservative goal — banning race-conscious college admissions. Unlike last year’s inflammatory decision overturning abortion rights, however, this ruling is likely to be popular. Americans have been leery of race, ethnic and gender preferences since the Nixon…
