5 Questions With . . . Sociology's Daniel Long on Education Reform

5 Questions With . . . Sociology's Daniel Long on Education Reform: "On average, students perform equal or worse in charter schools than in public schools. Connecticut’s charter schools do a little better than the national average—in part, because we’ve kept a rigorous cap on the number of charter schools created—but states like Arizona that have allowed a huge expansion in the number of charter schools see much worse student performance. I would advocate a return to the original purpose of charter schools in Connecticut, which was to experiment with new types of school organization and pedagogy, then share those pedagogies found to be effective with other schools. Of course, this experimentation can also be done in public schools. Macdonough School in Middletown is a great example of innovation in a public school, which has resulted in a narrowing of its achievement gap."

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