In the journalist’s admission of mistakes in choosing her daughter’s schools, the charter option never comes up

Some countries managed to avoid the worst of the global student achievement crisis. The rest of the world should learn from them.

Democrats are looking strong as November approaches. Five thoughts on what it could mean for schools.

Paul E. Peterson interviews Michael Kirst, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University

Teenagers are willingly automating cognition and learning less. Adults seem unwilling to stop them.

With the follow-up to <em>A Search for Common Ground</em> now written, I’m reminded how odd the education discourse has gotten

Paul E. Peterson interviews Angela R. Watson, senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

The Bay State’s realism has a better shot than the Empire State’s impressionism

Evidence from Tennessee

A new report finds that high schools are overrun by screens and AI-enabled shortcuts

Paul E. Peterson interviews Dan Hamlin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas

Assistant secretary at HHS explains rationale behind program overhaul

Stanford report looks at youth benchmarks after three months of aggressive countrywide regulations

To remain relevant amid evolving attitudes toward higher education, Brandeis University and institutions like it are redefining their purpose

Paul E. Peterson interviews Mike Miles, superintendent of Houston Independent School District

Surveillance of student speech is now reaching into off-campus email drafts as grounds for punishment

An iconic television director’s autobiography would be right at home on a shelf of books about education leadership

Paul E. Peterson interviews Paul DiPerna, vice president of research and innovation for EdChoice

Civil rights enforcement is law enforcement

Intelligence expert Howard Gardner expects the artificial variety will free students to pursue their interests

Two literacy specialists spar over the role of leveled texts in reading instruction

For the 22nd-Century Skills guru, the age of 30x learning is here

What will happen to screen time, work, sleep, friendship, and mental health over the next decade?

Will the pushback against school devices last, and will we learn the right lessons from it?

Denied education themselves, first-generation immigrants made it essential for their children

If we humans aren’t willing to level with young people about what to do after high school, maybe AI will

For the FSTC to deliver on its promise, we should not overlook two big challenges ahead

A study of California districts reveals the challenge of balancing budgets as enrollments decline

Alignment with a school’s values can overcome inexperience

The recent Vanderbilt report on the state of scholarship in the social sciences elicits a response that will live in infamy

A new book says no. Here’s why that’s wrong.

Understanding students’ behavior is not the same as forming their character

District leaders may be starting to see there’s more to be gained from embracing school choice than trying to eliminate it

New CEO assesses role organization plays in today’s education landscape

Boys, neurodiverse students, and entrepreneurial parents are getting big results from a small model

Beyond the labels, there is a benefit to treating students’ abilities as qualities schools can serve, not conditions they should diagnose

A study of California districts reveals the challenge of balancing budgets as enrollments decline

For the FSTC to deliver on its promise, we should not overlook two big challenges ahead

Paul E. Peterson interviews Paul Carrese, author of "Teaching America: Reflective Patriotism in Schools, College, and Culture"

Apprenticeship degrees are ready to disrupt the “College for All” mindset

Despite a steady decline in student enrollment, public schools have added more support roles to meet a growing demand for special education services

As other agencies absorb the groups, it is uncertain how much their operations will change

Paul E. Peterson interviews Lamar Alexander, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Tennessee

“George Washington made America great once. I’ve already done it two times. That’s why people say Trump is the best president.”

Four-day school weeks attract attention and debate. Traditional calendars packed with student-free weekdays deserve it, too.

Tocqueville understood that the fate of the republic rests on civic habits and democratic norms, not politics

Paul E. Peterson interviews Martin R. West, editor-in-chief of <em>Education Next</em>

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.

New book offers primer on the cultivation of virtue at classical schools

Non-cognitive skills, college attainment boosted for high-ability boys