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Research shows that students benefit from digital math practice platforms. So why don’t more students use them?
Former Tennessee chief’s retreat reflects deeper fight over K–12 culture wars among MAGA Republicans ...
Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how states might react to the new tax credit ...
Over-regulation and under-regulation of school choice are two sides of the same bad coin ...
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 ...
If you’re looking for old-school values at the movies, you could do much worse than the Man of Steel reboot The new Superman is a solid, kid-friendly movie with healthy, old-school values. That wouldn ...
Four out of 10 private schools that participated in Milwaukee’s voucher program eventually closed. Of those, nearly nine out of 10 were founded after the program launched in 1990.
As they approach the end of high school, students face a major life decision. Should they go to college? In many high-income families, the college conversation occurs early and often—and no wonder, ...
Problem 4: Confusing provocation with virtue. With a remarkable degree of self-regard, Armitage closes by insisting: I decided that I am going to get comfortable with discomfort . . . For Pride, I ...
Overseeing the vast majority of America’s 13,318 public school districts are elected groups of local community volunteers: school boards. These nonpartisan boards are tasked with setting policy, ...
DOGE recently pulled the plug on scores of contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). A lot of contractors, academics, and advocates are warning that the cuts will be devastating for ...
Here in D.C., the past few weeks have been a whirlwind. During the inaugural ceremonies, President Trump pulled out his Sharpie and started signing executive orders (EOs). He hasn’t slowed down since.