The University of Chicago

Roland Fryer

  • Do Charter Schools Raise Student Earnings? Evidence from Texas

    Do Charter Schools Raise Student Earnings? Evidence from Texas

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    Ari Anisfeld

    Texas education policy in the 1990s provided the blueprint for Bush-era school reforms. In 1993, the Texas legislature introduced high-stakes testing, followed by the authorization of Texas’ first charter schools—schools that are publicly funded but privately managed—in 1995. When George W. Bush left the Governor’s Mansion for the White House,…

  • A Less Adversarial Model for Charter Schools

    A Less Adversarial Model for Charter Schools

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    Zachary Trout

    Can’t we all just get along? Charter schools offer strategies for closing the achievement gap that public schools can use.