SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

The times they are a-changin’

On April 2, we reported on new and newly-expanded school choice programs in the US (see here). Since then, Tennessee has passed a school voucher program. Now comes this article in The Economist reporting on the rapid growth of “academies” (existing schools that convert to autonomous status) in England. And poised to mushroom there are “free schools” (state-funded schools founded by parents or charities). Like the governments in many US states, the English government is determined to expand choice and competition in schools. So much so that the English government may allow for-profit firms to found free schools too….