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Most Students Say They’re Not ‘Math People,’ RAND Survey Finds

Beloved by K-12 Leaders, The Four-Day School Week Fails to Deliver, Study Finds

After Elections, New Leaders Confront Old Problems in St. Louis

Amid National Voucher Push, Missouri Once Again Turns to Open Enrollment

Five Years Later: How COVID Triggered a School Choice Renaissance

Scholar Douglas Harris Debuts New ‘Wikipedia’ of K–12 Research

In Texas, a Years-Long ESA Push Nears the Finish Line

Act 10, Scourge of Wisconsin Teachers, Faces Uncertain Future in Court

The South Surges Academically in Alternative View of National Exam

‘We’re the Outliers’: Ashley Rogers Berner on Public Funding for Private Schools

February 27, 2025

Research: Learning Recovery Has Stalled, Despite Billions in Pandemic Aid

February 11, 2025

Louisiana Saw Rare Gains on National Exam. K–12 Chief Cade Brumley Explains How

January 30, 2025

New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery

January 29, 2025

Poll of High Schoolers Shows Many Are Taught That America Is ‘Inherently Racist’

January 22, 2025

Report: Kids Check Out of School as They Get Older, and Parents Are in the Dark

January 6, 2025

Facing Four More Years of Trump, Democrats Wonder: How Did They Lose Parents?

December 16, 2024

Pandemic, Politics, Pre-K & More: 12 Charts That Defined Education in 2024

December 15, 2024

Four Insights into U.S. Students’ Drop in Math & Science on International Test

December 4, 2024

The Political War Over the Department of Education is Only Beginning

December 3, 2024

Boston’s Better Busing Experiment: METCO Makes Huge Educational Impact

November 13, 2024

Running for School Board? Better Win Over the Teachers’ Union, Research Finds

October 31, 2024

Chicago Fire: Chaos Reigns as School Board Quits & Elections Loom

October 17, 2024

Study: Charters Hastened Catholic School Decline. Will ESAs Slow the Process?

October 11, 2024

St. Louis Schools Head into Uncertainty Following Superintendent’s Ouster

October 8, 2024

Tutoring Reality Check: Exclusive Research Shows Gains Shrink as Programs Expand

September 30, 2024

Testing Data Shows Middle Schoolers Are Further Behind in Science Than in 2021

September 17, 2024

15 Years After ‘Rubber Room,’ Steven Brill Recalls the Legacy of School Reform

September 10, 2024

Leadership Crisis Fuels Nightmare Start to St. Louis School Year

September 4, 2024

Long a Stranger to the Spotlight, Child Tax Credit Earns Embrace of Both Parties

August 25, 2024

‘Never Underestimate a Public School Teacher’: Walz’s Speech Stirs Night Three of DNC

August 22, 2024

Study: Teacher Pay Increase in Arkansas Closed Rural Funding Gaps

August 19, 2024

This Fall, Arizona Voters Could Turn Their ESA Program Over to the Democrats

August 14, 2024

Study: Charters Boost College-Going — Even When Test Scores Fall

Harris Could Set Democrats’ K–12 Agenda By Reviving Ideas from 2020

Project 2025 Would Cut Ed. Dept., Fulfill GOP K-12 Wish List Under Trump

Critics Warn Massachusetts, Long a Leader in Education, Is Losing Its Edge

Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough To Make Up for Lost Learning

Study: Kids Receive Up to Two Years More School Depending on Where They Live

Psychologist Warns: Lack of Playtime, Excessive Adult Oversight, Is Hurting Kids

Polling Data: Presidents Split the Public on Schools

One-Third of Teachers Have Already Tried AI, Survey Finds

Anti-ESA Republicans Fall in Texas Primaries, Setting Stage for School Choice Expansion

Final Showdown Over ESAs in Texas as Abbott Looks to Oust Conservative Opponents

74 Interview: Shep Melnick on Brown at 70 and Integration’s Failure in the North

Schools are More Segregated than 30 Years Ago. But How Much?

Learning Amid Chaos in the Arkansas Delta: What the School Research Shows Us

Kids, Screen Time & Despair: An Expert in Economics & Happiness Sounds the Alarm

Access: How a St. Louis Nonprofit Guides Kids from Middle School to College

School Choice Activist Jeff Yass May Have Prompted Trump’s About-Face on TikTok

Lost Learning = Lost Earning, an Equation that Could Cost the U.S. $31 Trillion

February 29, 2024

A Clash Over Parental Values in Florida as DeSantis Weighs Social Media Ban

February 28, 2024

Teachers’ Unions are Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza. What Does it Tell Us About November?

February 15, 2024

Settling Lawsuit, California Agrees to Channel $2 Billion to Struggling Learners

February 4, 2024

Missouri is Trying to Overhaul Reading Instruction. KIPP Got There First

February 1, 2024

Amid Literacy Push, Many States Still Don’t Prepare Teachers for Success, Report Finds

January 16, 2024

At Oasis, St. Louis Tutors Reach Across Generations to Foster Learning

January 11, 2024

Former Mississippi Schools Chief Aims to Repeat Learning ‘Miracle’ in Maryland

December 19, 2023

14 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2023

December 12, 2023

American Math Scores Fall on International Test — But Many Other Countries Suffered More

December 5, 2023

Fear of Competition? Research Shows That When Asian Students Move In, White Families Move Out

November 29, 2023

Virginia’s Election Could Decide Fate of Youngkin’s Education Agenda

November 2, 2023

Study: Weighing High School Context Could be the Key to College Diversity

October 25, 2023

Banning Smartphones at Schools: Research Shows Higher Test Scores, More Exercise

October 11, 2023

Holding Back Struggling Readers Helps Them — and Their Siblings — Study Finds

October 10, 2023

Q&A: How Liberal ‘Elitism’ Is Hurting Equity at America’s Schools

October 2, 2023

The 74 Interview: Melissa Kearney on ‘The Two-Parent Privilege’

September 25, 2023

74 Interview: Stanford Economist Eric Hanushek on COVID’s Trillion-Dollar Impact on Students

September 18, 2023

The 74 Interview: Cara Fitzpatrick on ‘The Death of Public School’

September 8, 2023

Four Top Takeaways from the School Research of New Biden Adviser Kirabo Jackson

August 14, 2023

St. Louis Schools Face One of the Steepest Post-Pandemic Climbs Anywhere

Harvard Ruling Will Put Spotlight on College Elitism, Georgetown Economist Says

NAEP Scores ‘Flashing Red’ After a Lost Generation of Learning for 13-Year-Olds

Generation Meh: Students Give Schools Middling Marks, Gallup Poll Finds

How Rural Republicans Derailed Texas School Voucher Plan

New Study: Charter Students Outperforming Peers at Traditional Public Schools

IES Director Mark Schneider on Education Research and the Future of Schools

COVID School Data: Mental Health Worse, Staffing Tight, Enrollment Frozen

Carnegie, ETS Team Up to Develop Competency-Based Assessments

Interview: Researcher Anthony Bryk on Chicago Schools’ ‘Radical’ New Direction

Steep Drop in Student History Scores Leaves Officials ‘Very, Very Concerned’

Exclusive 74 Interview: Bill Gates Calls U.S. Education a ‘Challenged Space’

Black Parents Open to New Forms of Schooling, Polling Suggests

Parents Rate Math Crucial to Kids’ Success — But Say It Needs an Update

In Progressive Breakthrough, Teachers' Union Organizer Elected Mayor of Chicago

Florida Just Became the Nation’s Biggest School Choice Laboratory

Competing K–12 Visions Collide in Chicago Mayor’s Race

Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?

Classical Academies: What if Education’s Next Big Thing is 2,500 Years Old?

Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards

In Rare Move, New Mexico Adds Weeks’ Worth of Extra K-12 Class Time

Florida School Choice Bill Has a Hidden Reform: Part-Time Enrollment

‘It’s Erasing History’: Daryl Scott on Black Studies and the AP Clash in Florida

February 23, 2023

Under Huckabee Sanders, Red-State Reforms Now Roll Through Arkansas

February 16, 2023

Q&A: Khan Academy’s Sal Khan on COVID’s Staggering Impact on Student Math Skills

February 8, 2023

Global Learning Loss: Top 4 Takeaways from Latest International COVID Research

February 1, 2023

Cardona Calls for Better Teacher Pay, More Multilingualism in Speech

January 24, 2023

Study Finds School Vouchers Decrease Racial Segregation in Ohio Classrooms

January 24, 2023

New Data: Post-COVID, School Leaders Frustrated in Efforts to Curb Misbehavior

January 12, 2023

Arts Education Program Increases School Engagement, Study Finds

January 10, 2023

A DARPA for K–12? Omnibus Bill Includes Substantial New Funds for Education R&D

January 5, 2023

14 Charts This Year That Helped Explain COVID’s Impact on America’s Schools

December 14, 2022

Exclusive: All Teacher Shortages Are Local, New Research Finds

December 1, 2022

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

November 15, 2022

Despite COVID Backlash, Thurmond Sails Toward Second Term as CA Schools Chief

November 3, 2022

Study: Damage from NAEP Math Losses Could Total Nearly $1 Trillion

November 1, 2022

Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math

October 24, 2022

As Voters Pick Next Governor, Arizona Cements ‘Education Savings Accounts’

October 20, 2022

In Reelection Bid, DeSantis Keeps Eye on Schools — and 2024

October 12, 2022

Heading into Midterms, GOP Finds All School Politics is Local

October 4, 2022

Author Richard Reeves on the Boys’ Education Problem We Don’t Like to Talk About

September 26, 2022

Back to the Future: GOP Pledge to Abolish Education Department Returns

September 26, 2022

Why Are So Many Republicans Raising Teacher Salaries?

September 21, 2022

Harvard Professor Martin West on This Week’s Harrowing NAEP Results

September 1, 2022

‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic

September 1, 2022

The ‘Mass Exodus’ of Teachers Never Happened, Paper Argues

August 29, 2022

New Poll: Majority of Adults Don’t Trust Educators to Handle Sensitive Topics

August 25, 2022

Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

August 22, 2022

New Research: Summer Learning Boosts Math Performance, College Graduation

August 10, 2022

Democracy Prep Founder Seth Andrew Sentenced to a Year in Prison For Wire Fraud

Kevin Mahnken & Asher Lehrer-Small

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

Rash of New Polls Raises Red Flags for Democrats on Education

Harvard Economist Offers Gloomy Forecast on Reversing Pandemic Learning Loss

Study: When School Board Members Are Elected, Their Property Values Go Up

Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs

Supreme Court Throws Out Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds

After Steering Mississippi’s Unlikely Learning Miracle, Carey Wright Steps Down

Pandemic Seriously Altered Teens’ Relationships, Pew Survey Finds

A Former U.S. Ed Secretary’s Uphill Battle to Become Maryland’s Next Governor

Research Shows Heavy Toll on Survivors of School Shootings

Educator. Mentor. Translator. How One Man Aided Immigrant Families Through COVID

Local Officials Rail Against Possible Takeover of Boston Schools

Once a National Model, Boston Public Schools May Be Headed for Takeover

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Study: When Political Heat Rises, Scores Drop

Q&A: Jonathan Chait on Democrats' Divide Over Education, School Innovation

Study: Congress May Move on State K-12 Bills

Betsy DeVos Reemerges Promoting Voucher-like System For Michigan Schools

Exclusive Poll: Stark Generation Gaps Revealed on Ed Choice, Teachers’ Unions

Interview: Howard’s Daryl Scott on the Wars over Teaching American History

Student ‘Mental Health Days’ Catching On In More States

States Moving to Disinvest Teacher Pension Funds from Russia

Private School Students More Connected to Internet, Teachers in 2020

February 22, 2022

San Francisco Recall a Rare Success in Efforts to Unseat School Board Members

February 16, 2022

Study: Charters Moved Fast to Prioritize Learning During COVID

February 15, 2022

Interview: Pollster David Paleologos on School Politics in 2022

February 10, 2022

Study: Teacher Observations Biased Against Males, African Americans

February 8, 2022

As Schools Fight Learning Loss, Experts Ask: Can Tutoring Programs Be Scaled?

February 1, 2022

Boston Charter Schools Increase Student Voting, Study Finds

January 31, 2022

Amid Growing Test-Optional Movement, SAT Goes Virtual

January 25, 2022

Charter Founder Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme

January 18, 2022

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

January 4, 2022

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021

December 15, 2021

Will the Tea Party of 2022 Emerge from the Debate over Schools?

November 10, 2021

Why The Sudden Surge in School Board Recalls? (And Why Are So Few Successful?)

November 7, 2021

Interview: Andrew Rotherham on the Virginia Governor’s Race

November 3, 2021

In Virginia, Democrats Suffer First Major Loss of Biden Era

November 3, 2021

School Board Recalls Continue Losing Streak

November 3, 2021

Random Lotteries Would Hurt Equitable Admissions, Study Finds

November 3, 2021

Attempted Recalls Against School Board Members Skyrocket

November 1, 2021

Surprise Study: Remedial Classes for Middle-Schoolers Led More to Finish College

October 20, 2021

Study Finds that Remote Classes Led Students to Disenroll

October 16, 2021

Long-Term NAEP Scores for 13-Year-Olds Drop for First Time since 1970s

October 14, 2021

Report Shows Short-Term Teachers Get Short Shrift

September 29, 2021

Study Demonstrates Gifted Gap for Black, Low-Income Students

September 28, 2021

‘Staggering’: New Research Shows that Child Obesity Has Soared During Pandemic

September 20, 2021

Interview: Author Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder on Classroom Indoctrination

September 15, 2021

With Schools in Trouble, Boston Voters Choose Next Mayor

September 8, 2021

9/11’s Permanent Mark on NCLB: Tragedy, Triumph & Failure

September 8, 2021

Study Shows Meager Growth Linked to Common Core

August 24, 2021

Author Amanda Ripley on New Film, the Pandemic, and Lost Trust in our Schools

August 19, 2021

Study Finds Wide Range of Outcomes from State Takeovers

August 17, 2021

Researcher Tom Loveless on How Common Core Failed

Study Finds Big Benefits from Student Mentoring In School

Studies Point to Increase in Child Abuse During Pandemic

Teaching Candidates Struggle to Gain Licenses, Report Finds

Survey Points to 'Thriving Gap' Among Remote Learners During Pandemic

Study: Partisanship Alone Didn’t Determine School Reopenings

Federal Data Shows Pandemic Fueled Huge Drop in K-12 Enrollment

With Fewer Kids & Empty Classes, Cities Clash: Admit Neighbors or Close Schools?

In NH, Lower Birthrates Are Leading to Fewer Students, Shuttered Schools

NYC Mayor’s Race Flips the Script on Charters

Studies Show Promise for Online Tutoring

More NAEP Disappointment, This Time in Science

Study: Students Less Likely to Transfer Out of Newark Charter Schools

Study Asks: Where do Teachers of the Year Come From?

Study: Four-Day School Week Harms Learning

Charter Giant Seth Andrew Charged With Fraud, Money Laundering

Rhode Island Politics Rocked by Proposed Charter Moratorium

Former Obama Schools Chief Launches Bid to Become MD Governor

Debate Around Trans Athletes Poses Dilemma for Schools, States

The Opioid Crisis Was America’s Epidemic Before COVID. Research Suggests that Overdoses Hurt Student Achievement

Teachers Unions Lift Salaries and School Spending, Research Shows, But Evidence on Student Achievement Is Mixed

Marten Faces Tough Questions on Reopening Schools Before Senate Committee, But Few Obstacles to Nomination as Deputy Education Secretary

‘A Diverse Teaching Force Is a Quality Teaching Force’: Researcher Seth Gershenson Talks About His New Book and the Changing Demographics of American Schools

Inside the Massachusetts Study that Helped Change the CDC’s Stance on Social Distancing

Survey: More Young People Are Depressed During the Pandemic. But They May Be Using Social Media to Cope

FAFSA Applications Fell After COVID — And For Many Incoming Freshmen, They Haven’t Recovered

Expanded Child Tax Credit Enshrined in Relief Bill Could Substantially Cut Poverty — and Lift Academic Performance

Study: Chicago Tutoring Program Delivered Huge Math Gains; Personalization May Be the Key

After Year of ‘Peril’ for Democracy, Scholars Release New Framework for History and Civics in Schools

More Lawmakers Are Leading Efforts to Reopen Some Schools By Statute — And Not Just in Red States

February 23, 2021

For Years, Denver Public Schools Were a Haven for School Reform. After a Superintendent’s Resignation, What Comes Next?

February 21, 2021

Report: New Summer Learning Initiative, Launched Last Year as a 5-Week Pilot for Nearly 12,000 Students, Shows Promise For Improving Online Instruction

February 17, 2021

Lead Poisoning Hurts Kids. A New Study Shows How Exposure from an Unexpected Source — NASCAR Racetracks — Lowered Test Scores

February 15, 2021

74 Interview: Veteran Policy Analyst Isabel Sawhill on Schools, Civic Education, and American Identity After Trump

February 2, 2021

Force of Habit: New Study Finds that Routines Could Be Blocking Teacher Improvement

February 2, 2021

On His First Day in White House, Biden Dissolves Trump’s 1776 Commission on U.S. History

January 20, 2021

74 Interview: Researcher Angela Duckworth on Psychology, Parenting and Great Teachers — and Why ‘It’s More Important to Be Honest than To Be Gritty’

January 19, 2021

Study: Exposure to Desegregated Schools Often Made Whites Less Tolerant As Adults

January 12, 2021

Research Shows Students Benefiting From Arts Field Trips, But Will They Recede After COVID?

January 4, 2021

Research Shows Changing Schools Can Make or Break a Student, But the Wave of Post-COVID Mobility May Challenge the Systems in Ways We’ve Never Seen

December 15, 2020

16 Charts that Changed the Way We Thought About America’s Schools This Year

December 15, 2020

Five Years On, ESSA’s Hallmark Flexibility May Be Undermining Equity, Report Finds

December 10, 2020

Alaska Legend Don Young Wins 25th Term in Congress, Announces He’s COVID-Positive

November 12, 2020

Democrats Fall Short of Majority in Arizona Legislature

November 12, 2020

Who Will Succeed DeVos? With Senate Control Up for Grabs, Democrats Hunt for ‘Unicorn’ to Lead Department Beset by Crisis

November 11, 2020

Oakland Votes to Let Teens Cast Ballots in School Board Races, SF Defeats Similar Measure to Lower Voting Age

November 4, 2020

North Carolina Legislature Remains in Republican Hands, Divided Government to Continue

November 4, 2020

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper Wins Second Term in North Carolina, but Hopes of ‘Trifecta’ Fade

November 3, 2020

Former NYC School Principal Jamaal Bowman, Running Unopposed, Elected to Congress After Surprise Primary Win

November 3, 2020

Twelfth-Grade NAEP Scores Offer More Bad News for Reading, Stagnation in Math

October 28, 2020

In Alaska, an Education Activist is Trying to Unseat the House’s Longest-Serving Republican

October 25, 2020

Politics, Not Science, is Driving School Reopening Decisions to a ‘Really Dangerous’ Degree, Research Suggests

October 22, 2020

Survey: More than Half of Teachers Felt Less Successful After COVID-19

October 21, 2020

Federal Judge Dismisses Rhode Island Students’ Suit for Right to Civic Education

October 14, 2020

Race, Trump & History:
Weeks Before Election, President Leaps Into Culture War Skirmish Over Teaching 1619 Project

October 5, 2020

Using Tutors to Combat COVID Learning Loss: New Research Shows That Even Lightly Trained Volunteers Drive Academic Gains

September 30, 2020

Everything Is Up for Grabs in North Carolina This Election Day. The Consequences for Public Schools Could Be Huge

September 30, 2020

Education Policy ‘Ghost’ Carmel Martin Is Biden’s Most Important Staffer You’ve Never Heard Of

September 9, 2020

Democratic School Choice Advocates Struggle to Be Heard Over the Din of COVID, Trump & Recession as Virtual Convention Ushers in Election’s Final Phase

August 17, 2020

Two States, Two Responses: Governors in Missouri and Kansas Navigate the Tricky Politics of Reopening Schools

August 16, 2020

The Achievement Gap Has Driven Education Reform for Decades. Now Some Are Calling It a Racist Idea

August 11, 2020

‘Do You Really Want to Spend the Money on Online Yale?’ For the Class of 2020, Gap Years Beckon

The 74 Interview: Political Scientist Heath Brown on COVID-19 and the Politics of Homeschooling

Nearly a Month After Election, Insurgent Educator Jamaal Bowman Declared Victor Over Veteran New York Congressman

New Study Does Not Find Stark Differences in How District, Charter and Private Schools Responded to COVID-19 Crisis

Which Schools Beat the Odds? In National Study, Researchers Find Top Results for Newark, Boston and Pittsburgh

The Veepstakes Is Taking Over, But the Education World Wants to Know: Who Will Replace DeVos?

In 5-4 Espinoza Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Public Funding for Religious Schools

In New Rule, DeVos Offers Tricky Balancing Act on Private School Coronavirus Relief

An EDlection Surprise in NYC? In Tuesday’s Primary, a Former Teacher and Principal Aims to Unseat 16-Term Bronx Incumbent Eliot Engel

A New Study Ties Anti-Bullying Laws to a Reduction in Suicide — but Boys Were Mostly Unaffected

COVID Poses an ‘Existential Threat’ to Many Private Schools, but Congress Might Block DeVos’s Push for Relief

Rich School, Poor School: As Recession Looms, Test Results Show That Affluent Students Score Higher in Financial Literacy

New Democratic ‘Unity Task Forces’ Include Education Adviser Who Previously Railed Against Biden’s ‘So-Called School Reform Agenda’

Record-Breaking Coronavirus Job Losses Devastate the Least Educated — and Have Already Displaced Highest Degree Holders Worse Than the Great Recession

An Education System, Divided: How Internet Inequity Persisted Through 4 Presidents and Left Schools Unprepared for the Pandemic

NAEP Social Studies Scores Show a Downturn in Geography, U.S. History. But Are the Headlines ‘Hyped’?

In School Finance Discussion, Experts Warn That Economic Damage From COVID Could Force ‘Unheard-of’ Cuts

Coronavirus Could Deliver Disastrous Setback to Public Pre-K, Study Warns

Half of All School Employees Aren’t Teachers. This Recession Will Endanger Their Jobs

Study: Career and Technical Education Yields Not Just Higher Earnings but Higher Test Scores

What the Great Recession Tells Us About the Pandemic Downturn to Come: Expect Declining Student Performance, Widening Achievement Gaps

School Finance Expert Warns District Leaders to Prepare for ‘Major Financial Upheaval’ From Pandemic

Amid Pandemic, DeVos Announces One-Year Testing and Accountability Waiver. Here’s a Look at What to Expect

Boston Schools Escape Takeover but Must Show Improvement to State as District Enters Partnership

‘Probably the Best News for Federal Accountability Policy, Ever’: New Study Shows No Child Left Behind’s Tough Oversight Led to Big Boost in High School Graduation Rates

Back on Capitol Hill, DeVos Addresses Pointed Questions on Budget, Coronavirus

DeVos Faces Tough Questions as Trump Budget Sparks a Reckoning on School Choice

Biden Notches Decisive Win in South Carolina Primary, as Lawmakers Edge Towards State Education Overhaul

February 26, 2020

Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada: How Las Vegas Teachers Helped the Candidate Score His Biggest 2020 Victory Yet

February 19, 2020

America’s Young People Don’t Vote. In a New Book, Professor John Holbein Considers What Schools Can Do to Produce Better Citizens — and Maybe Even Get Them to the Polls

February 17, 2020

Trump Uses State of the Union Address to Push for Tax-Credit Scholarships, Declaring No Child Should Be Forced to Attend ‘a Failing Government School’

February 4, 2020

Districts, Charters and ‘Public School Vouchers’: Unraveling Elizabeth Warren’s Complicated Evolution on School Choice

January 29, 2020

At National Literacy Summit, State Education Chiefs Warn of Reading Stagnation

January 27, 2020

Chief Justice Roberts, Potential Supreme Court Swing Vote in Key Religious Schools Case, Plays Cards Close

January 22, 2020

A 2019 Education Journalism Jealousy List: 19 Important Articles About Schools We Wish We Had Published Last Year

Beth Hawkins, Carolyn Phenicie, Laura Fay, Kevin Mahnken, Mark Keierleber, Meghan Gallagher & Taylor Swaak

January 1, 2020

14 Charts That Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2019

December 11, 2019

One of the Nation’s Oldest Desegregation Cases Might Settle This Week in New Orleans. After 54 Years in the Federal Courts, What Has It Accomplished?

November 19, 2019

EDlection2019: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards Keeps the Democrats Rolling in the South

November 18, 2019

EDlection2019: Democrats Enjoy Big Wins in Kentucky and Virginia, and Reform Foes ‘Flip the Board’ in Denver

November 6, 2019

Democrats Look to Win Elections and Big Education Victories — in the South. No, Seriously

November 3, 2019

A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores, Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results

October 30, 2019

New Data Illustrate the Depth of America’s College Completion Crisis

October 29, 2019

Louisiana’s Governor Race Is Tight but Will Likely Not Affect the Fate of Education Reform in the State

October 23, 2019

Colombia Pre-K Study Finds That Funding the Wrong Priorities Can Be Worse Than Doing Nothing at All

October 22, 2019

Is Denver’s Era of Education Reform Coming to an End? Outsider School Board Candidates Aim to ‘Flip the Board’ This November

October 9, 2019

As Chicago Teachers Threaten to Walk Out, New Report Suggests a ‘Hidden Driver’ Behind Rash of Strikes: Skyrocketing Pension and Health Costs

October 8, 2019

Sanders Pulls Out of Campaign Doldrums With a Huge Fundraising Quarter — and Lots of Support From Teachers

October 1, 2019

New Study of Boston Charter Schools Shows Huge Learning Gains for City’s Special Education Students & English Language Learners

September 30, 2019

Challenging Charter Critics, New Study Finds that as Sector Enrollment Grows, So Do Test Scores for Black and Hispanic Students

September 26, 2019

‘Why School Choice Is the Black Choice’: In Washington, Black Educators Have the Debate Democratic Presidential Candidates Didn’t Want

September 16, 2019

Schools in Providence Are Poised for a State Takeover. Can the District’s Decade-Old Student Union Seize the Moment?

September 10, 2019

Elite Schools, Prized by Parents and Politicians Alike, May Actually Hurt Disadvantaged Students More Than They Help, New Research Shows

September 4, 2019

Secessions Have Heightened the Racial Divide Between Southern School Districts, New Research Shows

September 4, 2019

Study: Chicago’s Civilian Monitoring Program Kept Kids Safe on School Commutes, Providing Possible Model for Urban Districts

New Survey: Teachers Report Widespread Student Behavioral Disruptions but Sharply Diverge on Whether Consequences Demonstrate Racial Bias

Censorship or Student Safety? Plans to Remove Iconic Mural at San Francisco High School Spark Furor

Research Shows That New Orleans Schools Have Improved Since Katrina. So Why Don’t Black Residents Agree?

Failing Schools: Home to Underachieving Students, Disillusioned Teachers and — According to a New Study — Higher Rates of Crime

Biden-Harris Exchange Makes Busing a Surprise Focus of 2020 Campaign. How Will It Affect the Debate Over Integration?

Johns Hopkins Report Offers ‘Devastating’ Findings for Providence Schools, Sparking Talk of State Takeover

Lawmakers Are Trying to End a Weird Quirk of California’s Charter School Sector. Here’s Why the State Is So Unusual

Inside the Perfect Political Storm: From California to New Jersey, Why More Democrats are Calling to End Charter School Growth

Exclusive: During Booker Era, Study Shows Newark Schools Took Huge Steps Forward — and It’s Not Just Charters That Improved

Boston Massively Expanded Its Charter Sector — Without Sacrificing School Quality. New Research Sheds Light on How Education Reforms Can Remain Effective While Applied at Scale

Charters Employ More Diverse Teachers Than Traditional Public Schools. Is It Giving Them a Leg Up With Minority Students?

Research Shows That Charters Do Best for California’s Low-Income and Minority Students. Now Lawmakers There Want to Slow Their Expansion

How We Segregate Schools Now: A 2019 Reality Check in Four Charts

The 74 Interview: Iconoclast Howard Fuller on Brown v. Board, Segregation and Race in America’s Schools — the Debate That ‘Will Go On Forever’

Brown v. Board at 65: Will Schools Ever Be Integrated?

Parents Select Schools Based on Way More Than Test Scores, Study Finds

KIPP Weighs In on Higher Education Act Rewrite, Calls on Congress to Make College More Accessible to Low-Income Kids

Can Civics Education Allow Schools to Rediscover Their Democratic Purpose — and Help Rescue America From Decline?

How Democracy Prep Is Drawing Upon Civics to Challenge Its Students to ‘Change the World’ — Before They Graduate

Democracy Prep’s Expansion Woes Raise Questions About Whether Civics Education Can Be Brought to Scale

Teaching Democracy: How One School Network Has Baked Civics & Activism Into Its DNA — and Produced Graduates Who Are More Likely to Vote

Power Is Knowledge: New Study Finds That Wealthy, Educated Families Are Using School Ratings to Self-Segregate

February 5, 2019

Markets Down, Student Scores Up: Study Finds That Teachers Hired During Recessions Are More Effective

January 27, 2019

Elected School Board Members Are Most Likely to Be White, Wealthy & Republican, New Study Finds

January 7, 2019

11 Charts That Changed the Way We Think About Schools in 2018

December 12, 2018

National Poll on Education Attitudes Finds Majority of Teachers Down on Profession, Lack Trust in Parents

December 5, 2018

Goldberg: Schools Need to Embrace a Civic Education That Values Patriotism Over Victimhood

November 28, 2018

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $1 Million to Train Teachers About Neuroscience

November 28, 2018

‘Gritty’ Kids Vote More: What the Research Shows About How Schools Build Citizens

November 25, 2018

The Age of Retraining: How Employers Are Working to Upskill Employees and Stave Off the Rise of the Machines

November 13, 2018

At the State Level, Democrats Had a Good Election Night — but Not a Great One. Did #Red4Ed Fizzle?

November 12, 2018

Massachusetts Study Finds That New Charters Boost Spending at Nearby District Schools — and Change How They Spend It

November 9, 2018

EDlection2018: House’s Longest-Serving Member Holds Off Challenge From Education Activist

November 8, 2018

EDlection2018: With Democratic Wins in Statehouse, Colorado Becomes Another Blue Trifecta

November 8, 2018

EDlection2018: The Happiest Republicans in the Country — From the Governor’s Mansion to Statehouse — Are in Florida

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Behind Lamont, Connecticut Dems Make Midterm Legislative Gains

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Democrat Wins Tight Governor’s Race in Connecticut, Turns to State’s Tough Finances

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: In Wisconsin, Walker Loses Bid for Third Term, Despite Self-Branding as ‘Education Governor’

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Republican Mike DeWine Weathers ECOT Closure, Extends GOP’s Grip on Ohio Statehouse

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Democrat Gretchen Whitmer Is Elected Governor in Michigan, Opening the Door to Possible Charter Sector Reforms

November 7, 2018

EDlection2018: Jared Polis Becomes CO Governor as Democrats Flip Control of State Senate. Will Unified Control Change Face of State’s Ed Reforms?

November 6, 2018

Countdown to EDlection2018: As Midterms Approach, Here’s What the Latest Polls Show in 16 Key Races With Big Stakes for Schools

Carolyn Phenicie & Kevin Mahnken

October 31, 2018

New ‘Redshirting’ Study Reveals That Boys Are Held Back More Than Girls — and It’s Actually Helping to Close an Achievement Gap Between the Genders

October 23, 2018

California’s Campaign for State Superintendent Costs More Than Most Senate Races. Here’s Why

October 23, 2018

Riding a Blue Wave, Democrats Are Poised to Win the Michigan Governor’s Race — and Deal a Blow to DeVos’s Education Legacy

October 14, 2018

Integrating Schools by Income, Not Race: Why Cities Are Embracing ‘an Idea Whose Time Has Come’

October 10, 2018

With Both Parties Vying for Complete Control of Connecticut’s Statehouse and Governor’s Mansion, the Midterms Could Shape State’s Education Priorities for Years

September 23, 2018

Study: Grade Inflation More Prevalent at Wealthy Schools, Where Parents Have Greater Ability to Game the System

September 19, 2018

Study Shows Boosting Funds to Poor School Districts Lifts Student Achievement but Fails to Narrow Racial & Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps

September 10, 2018

Private School Advantages Overhyped, Study Says, Offering Fodder to Vouchers’ Critics

September 4, 2018

New Study Shows States That Veered From Common Core Adopted Weaker Academic Standards

August 22, 2018

Plaintiff Oliver Brown Would Have Been 100 Years Old This Week: 8 Ways America’s Schools Have (and Haven’t) Changed Since the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board Verdict

August 19, 2018

#EDlection2018: In Connecticut Primaries, Acclaimed Teacher Jahana Hayes Handily Wins Democratic Nomination for Congress

August 15, 2018

Why Diversity Matters: Five Things We Know About How Black Students Benefit From Having Black Teachers

August 15, 2018

Troubled Student, Teen Mom, Teacher of the Year: Is Connecticut Congressional Candidate Jahana Hayes the New Face of the Democratic Party?

August 13, 2018

New Finding: Most States Don’t Test New Teachers on ‘Science of Reading’

New Research: Diversity Initiative Helps Stave Off Gentrification in Seven NYC Schools

Colorado Republicans Hold a One-Seat Majority in the State Senate. These Two Democrats Could Flip the Chamber — and Jump-Start State Education Reform

As Chicago Prepares to Close Additional Schools, New Report Shows the Shuttering of 49 Campuses in 2013 Led to Lower Test Scores

Study: Washington State Charters Enroll Higher Percentages of Special Needs Students Than Traditional Schools

Scott Walker Crushed Wisconsin’s Teachers Union. Can He Win a Third Term Against Its Superintendent of Schools?

In the Aftermath of Katrina-Inspired School Reforms, Report Shows New Orleans Students Are Now More Likely to Attend — and Graduate From — College

Study: As Catholic Options Dwindle, Middle Class Retreats From Private Schools

Arizona Has Long Been a Testing Ground for Education Reformers. Now Teachers Could Lead an Election-Year Backlash Against Republicans

Education by the Numbers: 9 Statistics That Have Made Us Think Differently About America’s Schools This Academic Year

Four Key Points From Justice Samuel Alito’s Far-Reaching Janus Decision That Overturns 41-Year-Old Precedent on Agency Fees

Study: Gaps in Civics Performance Between Black and White Students Deepened in NCLB Era

How Schools & Philanthropists Are Joining Forces to Fight Back Against Fake News: Inside the Renewed Push for Social Studies, Media Literacy, Civic Engagement

Study: Multi-Year Gates Experiment to Improve Teacher Effectiveness Spent $575 Million, Didn’t Make an Impact

New Study: Multilingual Students Have Made Huge Progress on NAEP Since 2003

Thrive Schools: How an Innovative California Charter Network Grew to 700 Students & 4 Campuses in Only 4 Years Through a Focus on Math, Literacy & ‘the Light of Kindness’

Can Ending Teacher Tenure Improve Student Achievement? A Case Study in Florida Yields Important Results

Predicting the Next Wave of Teacher Strikes: Experts See a Whole New Round of Walkouts Come Fall, and a Possible Key Wedge Issue Come Election Night

Don’t Rate Teaching Schools Based on Student Test Scores, Study Warns

States Are Raising the Bar for Their Students, New Report Shows, but Higher Standards Are Not Driving Higher Test Scores

National Trends Carry the Day in Idaho Governor’s Race

How America’s Schools Have (and Haven’t) Changed in the 64 Years Since the Brown v. Board Verdict — as Told in 15 Charts

EDlection 2018: Could an Online Education Scandal in Ohio Cost the GOP the Governor’s Office?

Disadvantaged Kids Don’t Have Equal Access to Great Teachers. Research Suggests That Hurts Their Learning

How the Push for Preschool Teachers to Earn Costly College Degrees Could Strain a System in Which Wages Are Only Half of K-12 Teachers’

At ASU-GSV, Angela Duckworth Talks Grit and the Challenges of Building a Movement: ‘Education Is So Hard That It Tests Even My Own Grit’

President George W. Bush Reflects on the Lasting Impact of No Child Left Behind at ASU+GSV: ‘For the First Time, in Return for Money, People Had to Show Results’

Study: Kids Who Struggle With Executive Function Vastly More Likely to Experience Academic Difficulties

Robots, Grit, Personalization: 13 Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss at This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit

Kevin Mahnken, Emmeline Zhao & Romy Drucker

The Biggest Gainers and Losers Over ‘Education’s Lost Decade’

A ‘Lost Decade’ for Academic Progress? NAEP Scores Remain Flat Amid Signs of a Widening Gap Between Highest and Lowest Performers

‘Countries Aren’t Sports Teams’: International Test Rankings Distort More Than They Reveal, Renowned Statistician Warns

A Huge For-Profit Charter Network Uses the Same Approaches as High-Performing Nonprofits. The Results Are Impressive

New Report: In 46 States, High School Graduation Requirements Aren’t Enough to Qualify for Nearby Public Universities

A Turning Point for Union Research? New Study Shows a Negative Relationship Between Collective Bargaining & Boys’ Future Earnings, Career Tracks

Study: Teacher Coaching Can Boost Instruction and Student Achievement. But Can It Be Scaled Up?

After Parkland, Young People Led the Way in Protesting Gun Violence. Now Some Are Saying We Should Let 16-Year-Olds Vote, Too

New Study Warns the Push for More Math & Science Classes in High School Isn’t Yielding More College Students Pursuing STEM Careers

Gun Control Group Pledges $2.5 Million to Sponsor March for Our Lives Protests

There Are Three Times as Many Latino Students as Teachers in America. Two New Reports Show Why That’s Bad for Both

Between Victory in West Virginia and (Likely) Defeat Before the Supreme Court, Teachers Unions Find Themselves at Historic Crossroads

Game Over: Trump Says Video Games Could Cause Real Deaths. But Research Finds Scant Links Between Digital Mayhem and Violent Behavior

Traditional Schools Enroll Higher Proportions of Disabled Students Than Charters, Though the Gap Is Shrinking, Study Finds

February 27, 2018

Race and Debt: Black Grads Default More Frequently Than White Dropouts

February 25, 2018

Return on Investment: Study Shows Big-City Charters Use Education Dollars More Effectively — and Provide Better Future Earnings for Students — Than District Schools

February 20, 2018

Brookings: New Revelations About Teacher Vacancies — and Which Students Go to Those Schools

February 14, 2018

NYC’s Special Education Crisis, Where 1 in 4 Families Doesn’t Receive Guaranteed Services and Students Are Forced to Wait 60 Days (or More) for IEP Meetings

February 13, 2018

New Analysis Shows Milwaukee’s Religious Schools Now Overwhelmingly Enroll Voucher Students

February 6, 2018

Good Neighbors: Traditional Public Schools See Higher Test Scores When a Charter School Opens Nearby

February 5, 2018

Wisconsin Reformers Move Toward a First: Education Savings Accounts for Gifted Kids

January 23, 2018

Survey: Nearly 90 Percent of Principals Who Supervise TFA Members Would Recommend Hiring Them

January 17, 2018

If Phil Murphy Doesn’t Succeed Where Seven Former Governors Failed on Pension Costs, Is New Jersey Headed for Fiscal Catastrophe?

January 15, 2018

The States That Spend the Most (and Least) on Education — and How Their Students Perform Compared With Their Neighbors

January 9, 2018

Reducing Class Sizes Is Popular With Parents but Not Education Experts. New Research on CA Program Might Change That

January 8, 2018

Analysis: Yes, National Media, Poor Schools With Big Challenges Sometimes Work Wonders

January 7, 2018

As CHIP Funding Nears Expiration, Study Warns that Half of All Kids Under 4 Depend on Publicly Provided Health Care

January 7, 2018

New Economics Paper Shows That High School and College Jobs Leads to Higher Wages Later in Life

January 3, 2018

The Benefits of Merit Pay? New Study Shows That Federally Funded Teacher Bonuses Led to Improved Student Performance

January 2, 2018

New Book on School Segregation to Spotlight Landmark Dissent from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

January 1, 2018

Study Shows That Girls in Korea Score Higher, Enroll in More STEM Classes, When Assigned Female Teachers

January 1, 2018

New Study Shows America’s Largest Teachers Union Spent Big to Win Republican Allies as Democrats Lost Ground

December 17, 2017

10 Charts That Changed the Way We Think About America’s Schools in 2017

Kevin Mahnken & Andrew Brownstein

December 13, 2017

Forty Years After Court Order, a Louisiana County Is Finally Hiring More Black Teachers. Student Performance Remains Unchanged

December 12, 2017

50 Years After Latin Disappeared From High School Classrooms, These Educators Are Bringing It Back

December 6, 2017

New Report: What American School Districts Can Learn From How Israel Successfully Rotates Its Superintendents

December 4, 2017

My School’s Great, but American Education? Not So Much. New Poll on U.S. Attitudes Suggests Public Perception ‘in a State of Flux’

November 29, 2017

Report: When Black Students and White Students Fight, Blacks Receive Harsher Punishments

November 28, 2017

New Report Shows Chicago’s Charter Schools Yield Higher Test Scores — and College Enrollment

November 27, 2017

Philadelphia School Reform Commission Votes to Abolish Itself After 16 Years

November 20, 2017

More Money, More Problems (Solved Correctly): New Study Shows American Kids Do Better on Tests If You Pay for Answers

November 19, 2017

Early Education Is a Game Changer: New Report Shows That Reaching Infants and Toddlers Reduces Special Education Placement, Leads to Soaring Graduation Rates

November 16, 2017

Report: Dozens of Arts Programs Could Receive Funding Under Federal Education Law

November 14, 2017

In Arkansas, 82% of Special Education Students Graduate on Time; in Mississippi, 31% Do

November 13, 2017

Report: 30 Million Well-Paying Jobs, Mostly in the West and South, Exist for Workers Without Bachelor’s Degrees

November 13, 2017

A Blow for Republicans — and a ‘Warning Light’ for Education Reformers — in the 2017 Elections Results

November 8, 2017

The Hidden Mental Health Crisis in America’s Schools: Millions of Kids Not Receiving Services They Need

November 7, 2017

61% of Teachers Stressed Out, 58% Say Mental Health Is Not Good in New National Survey

October 31, 2017

New Research: As Tuition Rises, Vaunted Public Universities Cater to a Wealthier Clientele

October 30, 2017

Michigan GOP Fights to Eliminate State Board of Education as Scores Plummet, Highlighting Broader Debate Over School Oversight

October 27, 2017

Children From Low-Income, Less Educated Families Spend Nearly Twice as Much Time on Screens

October 24, 2017

Teen Birth Rate Plummets to Record Low as Trump Cuts Funding for Pregnancy Prevention

October 23, 2017

Sprint Expands Program Giving Low-Income Kids Phones, Tablets to Close Homework Gap

October 18, 2017

Race, Gender & Teaching: The Same Indiana Recruitment Program That Failed to Attract Minority Teachers Also Skewed 85% Female

October 17, 2017

Ohio Says Its Largest E-School Overbilled State by Nearly $80 Million. Now 15,000 Students May See Their School Close

October 16, 2017

Behind That Nobel Prize for Economics, an Innovation for Schools? How ‘Nudge Theory’ Is Already Being Tested in Classrooms

October 10, 2017

Where Are the Hispanic Teachers? While Hiring’s Exploded in Past 25 Years, There Are Still 3 Times as Many Hispanic Students as Instructors

October 9, 2017

Acclaimed Netflix Documentary ‘Night School’ Profiles Indianapolis Dropouts Getting a Second Chance at Innovative Charter School

October 8, 2017

The Age of Automation Demands a New American School System, Study Declares

October 5, 2017

As New Wisconsin Budget Expands Voucher Program and Charter Schools, a Governor’s Race Forms Around Key Education Issues

October 2, 2017

How College Debt Is Reshaping America: New Study Shows Wide Variations Between States, Regions, Coasts

September 29, 2017

Why the Race to Find Bilingual Teachers? Because in Some States, 1 in 5 Students Is an English Language Learner

September 25, 2017

College Attendance Continues to Decline: 85% of College Admissions Directors Worry They Won’t Hit Enrollment Goals

September 19, 2017

Does Race Matter in Education? New Survey of Millennials Reveals Conflicting Opinions on Equity, Surprising Support for Vouchers

September 14, 2017

Pay Raises, Teacher Contracts, Charter Schools: Education Central to Boston Mayor’s Race

September 12, 2017

When College Grads Don’t Come Back Home: New Numbers Show a Widening Urban-Rural Education Divide

August 29, 2017

A Reboot for School Choice in Wisconsin as Republicans Propose Dramatically Expanding Charters & Vouchers?

Nobel Winner’s Research Shows Home Nurse Visits for New Moms Boost Children’s Cognitive Skills

Ohio’s ESSA Reboot: State School Leaders Make Big Pivot After Outcry Over Testing Requirements

Investigation: Forced Into Unneeded Remedial Classes, Some Community College Students Fail to Finish Degrees

The Rise of ‘College Admissions Sabotage’: When HS Seniors Use Social Media to Rat Out Their Classmates

Shift From Pre-K to Kindergarten “Fraught With Stress and Uncertainty”; Report Points to 4 Model States Easing the Transition

Intensive Preschool Programs Can Yield Massive Returns, Especially for Boys, Nobel Laureate’s Study Shows

When College Grads Don’t Come Back Home: New Numbers Show a Widening Urban-Rural Education Divide

Report: High Schoolers Motivated to Learn, but Varying Engagement Levels Point to Need for Tailored Instruction

Hidden Costs of Senate Health Care Bill: Uninsured Kids Do Worse in School, More Likely to Drop Out

College Presidents Slowly Becoming More Diverse but Still Mostly White Men in Their 60s

Report: For $42 Per Pupil, Districts Can Build Principal Pipelines and Get Better School Leaders

Georgia Special Election Makes American History; Voters’ Education Marks the Race’s Significance

You Are What You Eat (at School): Report Shows Healthy School Lunches Tied to Higher Student Test Scores

New England Teachers Get Rawest Retirement Deal in the Country; 0 in MA Will Ever See Investment Returns

Two in Three Premature Babies Ready for School on Time — and 4 More Key Findings From New National Study

Fewer Teens Are Working — and One Senator Says Falling Youth Employment Will Cost America $9.5 Billion

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley Wants to Be Ohio’s Next Governor. But Her City’s Schools Might Not Let Her

With 6 Wins in 7 Years, Granada Hills Charter School Extends Its Dynasty in the U.S. Academic Decathlon

Scratch This: The Fall (and Possible Rise) of State Lotteries in Education Funding

Make Private School Free or Die: The Fight Over Education Savings Accounts in New Hampshire

Boston Schools Have Vowed to Combat ‘Racist’ Maps. Experts Want a Better Geography Curriculum

Arizona Lawmakers Implement Nation’s First Universal Education Savings Account Program

Want to Cause a Problem in the Future? Name Your School After Someone Famous Today

More HS Students Are Graduating, but These Key Indicators Prove Those Diplomas Are Worth Less Than Ever

WATCH: 5 Things to Know About How Right-Wing Critics Used Online ‘Botnets’ to Exaggerate Common Core Backlash

New Research Shows How Common Core Critics Built Social Media ‘Botnets’ to Skew the Education Debate

New Report: States Need to Focus More on College Readiness in ESSA Plans

In Leafy Chicago Suburb, at One of America’s Top High Schools, Parents Brawl Over Race Seminar

February 27, 2017

In Missouri, The Stars Align for School Choice

February 15, 2017

An Arts Education Crisis? How Potential Federal Cuts Could Decimate School Arts Programs

January 29, 2017

Analysis: School Choice — but Not in My Town. How to Integrate When Affluent Districts Pull Up the Drawbridge?

January 24, 2017

What Do Americans Think of School Choice? Depends on How You Ask the Question

January 17, 2017