A volume in The National Education Policy Center Series Over the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top down, market focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. The new Every Student Succeeds Act continues along this path, though with decision making authority now shifted toward the states. These market based reforms have often been touted as the most promising response to the challenges of poverty and educational disenfranchisement. But has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low scoring...

A volume in The National Education Policy Center Series Over the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top down, market focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. The new Every Student Succeeds Act continues along this path, though with decision making authority now shifted toward the states. These market based reforms have often been touted as the most promising response to the challenges of poverty and educational disenfranchisement. But has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low scoring...