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Articles by Michael Petrilli

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a distinguished senior scholar at the Education Commission of the States.

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Articles by Michael Petrilli

Could Nation’s Report Card Provide an October Surprise This Election Season?

Petrilli: Ed Reformers of All Stripes Should Rally Around Romney Family Aid Plan

New Studies Show Charters Drive Gains for all Public School Kids

Why 2021 Is Shaping Up as the Year of School Choice

Charters Don’t Take Funds From Traditional Schools

Take a Cue From Biden on HS-to-Career Pathways?

Petrilli: We’re Crowdsourcing the Wisdom of Dozens of Experts on How Schools Can Best Address Unfinished Learning. Some of What They Have to Say

Petrilli: Could Biden, Pelosi and McConnell Work Together? How Education Could Move Forward Under a Divided Federal Government

Petrilli: With Superintendent John White Leaving, Louisiana Needs a New Education Leader — Not a New Education Plan

Analysis: New Review of Online Educational Materials Finds They’re Not Up to Snuff, but Teachers Like Them. We Need a Rotten Tomatoes for Curriculum

Petrilli: 2019 NAEP Results Show There’s Something Wrong Going On. 3 Theories About What Might Be Happening in Our Schools, and Beyond

Petrilli & Ragland: At a Tough Time for Education Reform, Colorado Defeat of Charter School-Defunding Bill Offers a Ray of Hope

Petrilli: For the New Year, Districts Should Make a Fresh Start on School Discipline Reform

Petrilli: From Report Cards to Parent-Teacher Conferences, Schools Must Do a Better Job of Telling Families How Their Kids Are Doing

In-Depth: Michael Petrilli’s 5-Part Argument About School Choice, Tests & Long-Term Outcomes

Petrilli: The 7 Key Storylines in This Year’s Disappointing NAEP Results

Michael Petrilli: When Diploma Mills Give Innovation, and School Choice, a Bad Name

Gray & Petrilli: 3 Ways That States Can Improve Low-Performing Schools Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Opinion: Undue Process: Firing Bad Teachers Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Petrilli: 20 Big Questions For Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos

Petrilli: The Child Poverty Rate Plummeted After Welfare Reform. What That Means for Education

Petrilli: When Only Some Kids Can Afford Summer Camp — Why We Must Close the ‘Enrichment Gap’

One Way to Boost Student Success: Get Serious About Sex Education — and Teach the IUD

Ohio Backpedals on Proficiency. It’s the Exception

Opinion: Why the Friedrichs Court Case Will Give Teachers More Power — and Better Pay

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