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

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

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

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

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 ...

Excitement over the new school model elicits memories of charters in their prime and a chance to reflect on what they got right and wrong Michael Q. McShane Teacher Apryl Shackelford reviews letter ...

Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the state of charter schools in 2025, and where the sector can go as more school choice options become available for ...

In the first half of the 20th century, a rapidly industrializing American economy intensified the need for a more highly skilled workforce. White-collar workers were in demand, and blue-collar ...

What should we make of the Trump administration’s recent moves to “return education to the states”?

Teenagers are not known for their coolheaded decision-making, yet they face hundreds of choices with significant long-term consequences. In school, they must decide which courses to take, how much ...

Driving across tracts of new-home development in El Paso, Texas, one can’t miss the signs of charter-school momentum. New charter-school facility projects dot the landscape. Harmony Public Schools, ...