Here's what's divisive and unsuccessful: having no way to force change at your child's failing public school. Thanks to California's Parent Trigger law, parents now have power to force change.

The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program is not just good policy but smart budgeting.

America’s education system is floundering, and expanding funding incentives for other educational environments can help

Re: "Insiders benefiting in charter deals" and "Critics say state is lax on charter purchasing practices," by Ann Ryman (Nov. 18, The Arizona Republic).

Among many traditions as we close one year and begin a new one are lists of what is "in" and "out." At the end of 2012, compromise was definitely "in."

Government is biased against commercial school operators, despite often better results.

NEW Letter to Friends of The Center for Education Reform No. 104 December 2012

The battle over new legislation to make it easier to create charter schools in Mississippi may be rejoined next year. For the future of the state's children, legislators should allow charters.

Even when reform passes, teachers unions engage in massive resistance.

I am writing you this morning to caution the Los Angeles Unified School Board on a measure that would set the city back over a decade in progress. The Resolution before you today, “Updating Charter Authorizing and Oversight,” proposed by Mr. Zimmer, lacks sound policy and would severely hurt a large population of students in…