WEEK 13

TUESDAY, 11/27
THURSDAY, 11/29
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Required Reading Before Class
LAST NAMES = AHMED through DIGGS
  1. Press Release for 2015 Urban Charter School Study: Report on 41 Regions. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes. (CLICK)
  2. Matthew Lynch. 2016. "3 Reasons America Needs School Choice." June 7, 2016 blog on The Edvocate. (CLICK)
  3.  Citizen Stewart. 2018. "It’s School Choice Week. Tell Me Again Why We Need It?" January 22, 2018 blog on Citizen Ed. (CLICK)
LAST NAMES = DOMAN through KREIE
  1. ​YouTube Video "Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." (CLICK)
  2. Valerie Strauss. 2016. "Why Charter Schools Get Public Education Advocates So Angry." July 24, 2016 article in The Washington Post. (CLICK)
  3. Julian Wasquez Hellig. 2016. "10 Things to Know about the Charter School Debate." August 25, 2016 article in The Progressive. (CLICK)
LAST NAMES = MAHMOOD through SAGNES
  1. Milton Friedman. 2000. "Why America Needs School Vouchers." September 28, 2000 article in The Wall Street Journal. (CLICK)
  2. Nick Gillespie. 2018. "DOnald Trump Supports School Choice. Here's Why You SHould Too." January 24, 2018 blog at Reason. (CLICK)
  3. YouTube Video "The Case for School Vouchers." (CLICK)
LAST NAMES = SAUER through YAMAGUCHI
  1. Richard D. Kahlenberg. 2017. "America Needs Public School Choice, Not Private School Vouchers." March 2, 2017 blog at The Century Foundation. (CLICK)
  2. YouTube Video "Are School Vouchers Good for Education? That Debate is Playing Out in Indiana." (CLICK)
  3. Douglas Harris. 2017. "Why Managed Competition is Bettter Than a Free Market for Schooling." March 17, 2017 blog at Brookings. (CLICK)
  4. Emma Brown and Mandy McLaren. 2016. "How Indiana’s School Voucher Program Soared, and What It Says about Education in the Trump Era." December 26, 2016 article in The Washington Post. (CLICK)
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Due Today
Nothing
Required Reading Before Class
  1. James E. Rosenbaum, Jennifer L. Stephan, and Janet E. Rosenbaum. 2010. "Beyond One-Size-Fits-All College Dreams: Alternative Pathways to Desirable Careers." American Educator 34:2-13. (CLICK)
  2. Robert J. Samuelson. 2012. "It's Time to Drop the College-for-All Crusade." May 27, 2012 article in The Washington Post. (CLICK)
  3. Stacy Cowley and Patricia Cohen. 2017. "U.S. Halts New Rules Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges." June 14, 2017 article in The New York Times. (CLICK)
  4. Editorial Board. 2017. "Exploiting Veterans for Profit." November 24, 2017 op-ed in The New York Times. (CLICK)
  5. Josh Mitchell. 2016. "The Average Student at a For-Profit College Was Worse Off After Attending." May 31, 2016 article in The Wall Street Journal. (CLICK)
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Due Today
Nothing