Last week, I shared what I thought a blue wave in November might mean for education, addressing the questions I hear most frequently from journalists and education policy insiders. The column provoked ...

Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones’ recent essay, in which she wrestles with her decision to send ...

Holt argued that when it comes to measuring the student-learning outcomes of various ed-tech programs, the results often only apply to the 5 percent of students who “used the program as intended. The ...

Beyond the labels, there is a benefit to treating students’ abilities as qualities schools can serve, not conditions they should diagnose Russell T. Warne Members of a gifted and talented team from ...

The virtues promoted by a classical education are a subtle subversion in the modern context, argues Michael Rose. My first job out of college was as a teacher at Great Hearts Academies, the largest ...

American educators have returned to the notion that shared background knowledge is essential to reading instruction, ending a decades-long lost cause that insisted reading skills and levels were the ...

Teachers say focusing on students’ social and emotional wellbeing to address discipline has left classrooms harder to manage than ever Many schools began adopting restorative justice as a more ...

New book argues it’s not the tools we use but the values we hold that make the difference in education The Luddites infamously destroyed machinery that threatened their livelihood as textile workers ...

As of 2024, at least 20 states and countless districts had initiated “Portrait of a Graduate” reforms. In California alone, at least 100 districts have joined the trend. The idea is simple: High ...

Brandeis University, located outside Boston, has endured its share of financial hardship recently that has resulted in staff cuts, the resignation of its president, and the need to draw money from its ...

Most Americans—including public school teachers—believe schools should teach that America is a fundamentally good country. This may surprise critics who claim schools are eroding faith in America and ...

Standardized tests form the bedrock of school accountability systems and are a primary source of information for the public and policymakers alike. Over the past two decades, these tests also have ...