David Griffith is associate director of research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on subjects like charter schools, accountability, and civic education. His research has been published or cited in numerous outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the New York Post, USA Today, National Affairs, and Education Week.
Opinion
The right to school choice is also about the right to stay put
Despite signs of progress, the latest test results show that most North Carolina students have yet to regain the ground lost during the pandemic. There are at least three barriers to academic recovery. First is chronic absenteeism. Compared to five years ago, the number of chronically absent students has doubled. Second, there has been a...