Tom Birmingham

Guest Contributor, Pioneer Institute

Stories by Tom Birmingham

Charter school debate is not over

More are needed to deliver on state’s educational promise

opinion

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Falling short on school standards and funding

As Mass. celebrates 25th anniversary of 1993 reform law, we're squandering our gains

opinion

Time to lift up Boston’s voc-tech high school

Years of missteps are leaving students behind

opinion

Our schools ignore US history at our peril

State must make good on requirement for history instruction and testing

opinion

education reform schools

Will district schools embrace charter-like reforms?

Burden now falls on local school leaders to deliver results

opinion

Voc-tech schools are a Mass. success story

4,400 students are on waitlists; let's expand schools that work

opinion

A school-choice double standard

METCO supporters should also embrace charters

opinion

About-face

Diane Ravitch's change of heart on testing and charter schools

A diploma means nothing without evidence of skills and learning