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School Choice DC: How is the Charter School System a Model o

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Date/Time:
Wed, October 19, 2011
06:30PM - 08:30PM
Venue:
Stanford in Washington
Location:
2661 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008
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Registration Period:
09/27/2011-10/19/2011
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Charter schools in the District of Columbia enroll over a third of the children in the District.  Research on the markets in other sectors like airlines and telecommunications have decades of experience on the development of competition and its effect on the market.  How does the experience of competition in DC charter schools mirror that prior experience?  (Answer:  not so much.)  But the killer question is: Why not?  (Hint: The answer will surprise you.)  This conversation will present the latest data on the quality of education in the District of Columbia, with reference to other areas of the country, and present outrageous -- but empirically-based -- predictions on the future of education policy in the U.S.

 

Margaret Raymond is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and serves as director of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), which analyzes education reform efforts around the country. Raymond is leading a national study of the effectiveness of public charter schools, researching the development of competitive markets and the creation of reliable data on program performance. She advises decision-makers at the public and private sectors, including leading philanthropies. Highly sought as a negotiator and mediator, Raymond has a strong record of consensus building and strategic guidance. 

 

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