Abstract. Total public school enrollment has decreased in recent years and is forecast to continue decreasing for the foreseeable future. Experts and educators are concerned about how enrollment decli...

Kevin Shafer, president of City Fund, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss efforts to expand access to high-quality public schools across the country.

The viral article by Nikole Hannah-Jones— “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?”—sparked an outpouring of responses from opinion writers far and wide, as did the accompanying This A...

The push for no-zero grading policies, which prohibit assigning zeros for class assignments or tests, began during a broader “equitable grading” movement arising from the view that traditional grading...

With the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in.

In Franklin County, the average star rating was above 3.5. Some districts, like Upper Arlington and New Albany, boasted 5 stars.

Kimberly Richey, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to talk about the latest federal guidance on school discipline and Tit...

Ian Rowe, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones’s recent reflections on her decision to send her daughter to a predominantly Bl...

Mike Petrilli is back on the mic solo this week to weigh the case for and against banning AI in schools.

I was recently walking around Austin, Texas. And a block from the new W Hotel, I passed Alpha School, housed in what looked like a tech office. Outside was a sign reading “Kids crush academics in two ...

Suspected cases of teacher misconduct have prompted parents in the Central Valley to demand that cameras be placed in self-contained special education classrooms.

Plus, reflections on 9/11, PISA pundit-palooza, and red versus blue states on the science of reading.

High school students report widespread screen distraction, AI misuse, and grading practices that make it easier to earn high marks without mastering the relevant material. A new Fordham survey suggest...

Brian Fitzpatrick, research manager at the Thomas B.

Prep for Prep is a leadership development program that offers promising students of color access to a private school education based in New York City.

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

Plus, reformers vs WorkKeys, CBAs vs HQIM, and relinquishment vs IPEC

Discussion has heated up about the federal voucher program and, specifically, whether blue states should opt in, and whether such opt-inning is inevitable.

Why that distinction matters

Also, Democrats debate whether school choice can sway swing voters (and which way), New York botches its Portrait of a Graduate, and Freddie misreads the charter school research.

Also, Democrats debate whether school choice can sway swing voters (and which way), New York botches its Portrait of a Graduate, and Freddie misreads the charter school research.

Mike Petrilli is solo on the podcast once again to revisit the college-for-all debate and consider whether the backlash has become an overcorrection.

The past two weeks have seen a growing ruckus over big changes in the Head Start regs that are reportedly nearing completion by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Mana...