Honoring our independence against a backdrop of division, distrust, and flamboyant contempt for norms has got me thinking ...

Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the recent release of the National ...

Presumptive socialist mayor Janeese Lewis George could cater to unions itching to end teacher merit pay in the District.

FAFSA reform was Senator Lamar Alexander’s final legislative bow. ED did as little as possible to honor it, then everything ...

Three decades after the Friedmans predicted how universal school choice would reshape the education playing field, we now can ...

As schools narrow their focus on improving performance on math and reading standardized tests, they have greater difficulty justifying taking students out of the classroom for experiences that are not ...

There are more children in school worldwide today than at any other time in history, pandemic-related disruptions notwithstanding. In 2010, the average adult had completed 7.6 years of school, more ...

In spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic caused school closures throughout the United States—a seismic disruption with immediate effects on enrollment. By fall 2020, early research found that K–12 public ...

Presumptive socialist mayor Janeese Lewis George could cater to unions itching to end teacher merit pay in the District. President Trump would welcome a fight to stop her.

FAFSA reform was Senator Lamar Alexander’s final legislative bow. ED did as little as possible to honor it, then everything it could to save it.

The media and observers across the ideological spectrum were surprised and, in some cases, disconcerted in July 2014 when at the annual American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention in Los Angeles, ...

“All the things.” “All the crazy things.” “Too much leeway and free-for-all.” That’s how educators in Idaho, Maryland, and New Jersey describe technology use in their schools—and that’s just regarding ...