Christopher Lubienski

  • Director of the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy, Professor of Education Policy, Indiana University
Amendment 80 asks Colorado voters to add school choice to the state’s constitution, but it’s already protected by state law and federal courts. Mananya Kaewthawee/iStock via Getty Images

Colorado’s Amendment 80 wants to make school choice ‘a right’ when it already is – an expert in educational policy explains the disconnect

Amendment 80 could set up a court challenge that may open up the use of public funding for private schools.
El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, centro, firma una ley de vales educativos que permitirá que miles de estudiantes en Florida que actualmente assistan a escuelas públicas puedan acceder una educación privada, 9 de mayo de 2019. Lynne Sladky/AP

¿Vales educativos suponen una mejor educación? Nuevas investigaciones dejan interrogantes

No hay evidencia clara de que los vales para escuelas privadas mejoren el aprendizaje de los recipientes. Entonces ¿por qué el empujo nacional para expandir estos programas educativos?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, signs a bill that creates a new voucher program for thousands of students to attend private schools using taxpayer dollars. Lynne Sladky/AP

School vouchers expand despite evidence of negative effects

Research over the past few years has shown vouchers for private schools set back student learning. So why are advocates still pushing so hard to expand them?

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