School Choice & Charters Series

New Arrangements

An occasional series on the changing definition of public schooling, including articles on vouchers, the education industry, philanthropy, privatization, school choice, privately financed scholarships, senior citizen involvement, and tutoring.

School Choice & Charters A Ticket Out of Public Schools
—Robert C. Johnston
Public schools worked well for Trinidad and Jacqueline Casas' two daughters. But when things started to go wrong for their 8-year-old son in a local public school, they wanted a change.
Robert C. Johnston, December 5, 2001
4 min read
School Choice & Charters Coming to Terms With History
Public schools course through Virginia Walden-Ford's veins.
Karla Scoon Reid, December 5, 2001
4 min read
School Choice & Charters Exercising Their Options
They met and fell in love in the hallways of Walnut Hills High School. They're proud Cincinnati public school graduates and boast about their alma mater's academic prowess.
Karla Scoon Reid, December 5, 2001
3 min read
School Climate & Safety Downturn Threatens Ed. Business More Than Terrorism
The education industry has emerged from the past two months largely unaffected by the terrors of Sept. 11 and anthrax-tainted mail. Whether it can endure the economic downturn is another question.
Mark Walsh, November 21, 2001
7 min read
School Choice & Charters Florida's 'Other' Voucher Program Taking Off
When Dorian and Paul Neidhart went house-hunting in Miami 13 years ago, their search focused on the neighborhood where they had grown up. They wanted their own children, someday, to go to the same public schools that had meant so much to them.
Lisa Fine, August 8, 2001
8 min read