Pop! Goes the Bubble
How and when the school reform bubble popped—and what happens next.
By Alexander Russo
Sometime over this past summer, the school reform "bubble" popped--seemingly unable to withstand the combined weight of unrealistic claims, weak results, poor policy choices, and resistance from career educators, along with the inertia of a $600 billion a year K-12 school system.
What happens next could be a new, more balanced effort to improve public education-or a