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 ...

Public debate over gifted education tends to focus on fairness. Who gets to be called “gifted” and what sort of extras do ...

Patrick J. Wolf, a Distinguished Professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf’s paper, “The Nation’s Achievement Inequality Report Card: An ...

A 9th grader at Delta High School in rural Utah places his cellphone into the pocket of a phone holder before entering class in early 2024. Utah is one of almost two dozen states that have legislated ...

As K–12 reform heats back up, what can we learn from the last time the movement was riding high? I first encountered the challenges of school reform 35 years ago as a high school teacher in Baton ...

The kid grabbed me by my shirt. “Mister, help me!” he pleaded. Chicago’s civic avatars explained that CPS has a duty “not just to manage schools” but “to actively expand rights, fight for equitable ...