This post is the text of a lecture I gave in 2009 at the University of Berne.  It was originally published in the Swiss journal Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Historiographie and then found its way i…

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

I was recently contacted by a group of civic-minded folks working on a project through one of those nonprofits you’d be keen to believe can actually change the world. Fund MI Future is a joint effo…

I interview Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa on why she's running for governor, why 2026 is the year to win, and what she's learned standing up for families across her state.

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In Tennessee’s first school accountability hearings tied to school letter grades, Memphis school officials testified underperforming schools are heavily reliant on unlicensed teachers.

In Tennessee’s first school accountability hearings tied to school letter grades, Memphis school officials testified underperforming schools are heavily reliant on unlicensed teachers.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.