The nationwide crackdown on immigration is devastating student learning and defying a Supreme Court decision meant to protect it.

And pessimism about the potential for education reform, once limited to the political fringes, seems to be gaining mainstream ...

Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of education and of economics at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Goodman’s latest research ...

Anti-racist education doesn’t help address them. The truth is that “anti-racist” education isn’t interested in anything so ...

This will be terrible for students, families, and educators. It’s a devastating blow to American K–12 and higher education.

Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the state of charter schools in 2025, and where ...

Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, held its final commencement ceremony in 2025 before closing permanently due to financial challenges and declining enrollment. The college had been in operation ...

Standardized tests form the bedrock of school accountability systems and are a primary source of information for the public and policymakers alike. Over the past two decades, these tests also have ...

It can be difficult to keep track of all of the contemporary debates roiling the politics of education. On any given day, news headlines might be highlighting our sharp disagreements over how best to ...

Last month wrapped the $190 billion federal investment from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, or ESSER. Just recently, two different research groups found that the money has ...

More families are seeking one-on-one help for their kids. What does that tell us about 21st-century education? On a hot and humid July afternoon, the Huntington Learning Center franchise in Brentwood, ...

Child-centered individualism started the slide in American education. A recommitment to shared knowledge can ratchet it up again. E.D. Hirsch, Jr. In cultural evolution, as in mountain climbing, the ...