School Choice DC: How is the Charter School System a Model o
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06:30PM - 08:30PM
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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.