Thursday, June 3, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Ownership Society school reform

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Ownership Society school reform

Ownership Society school reform

Debunking the "Portfolio District"

Latest from EPIC/EPRU comes from DePaul prof, Ken Saltman who exposes the latest business-model reform model whereby school district leaders compile and run a "portfolio" of independently operated schools. It is currently being used in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and Washington D.C., and it is being considered by other districts. Yet little or no evidence supports the expansion of such radical experimentation, a new Policy Brief reports.