The Making of Mobility: How Vietnamese Americans Leveraged Public Schools. Denied education themselves, first-generation immigrants made it essential for their children. bit.ly/4xfo2Km

The Making of Mobility: How Vietnamese Americans Leveraged Public Schools

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

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Hey, Claude, Should I Go To College? If we humans aren’t willing to level with young people about what to do after high school, maybe AI will. bit.ly/4h7FY4Z

Hey, Claude, Should I Go To College?

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

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"This flexibility has a lot of practical and political appeal—but also some big vulnerabilities. I’m reminded of the early years of charter schooling, when a loose approach to authorization led to lousy schools and scandalous hijinks..." bit.ly/4phgcNz

Digging in on the New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

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

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"Throughout the first quarter of the 21st century, schools built up capacity to accommodate growing student populations, adding classroom space, teacher positions, and the many resources that go into educating a child." bit.ly/4ppPWRq

Do School Closures Save Money?

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

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A People Business: How Excellent Charter Schools Hire Teachers. Alignment with a school’s values can overcome inexperience. bit.ly/3RVdDod

A People Business: How Excellent Charter Schools Hire Teachers

Alignment with a school’s values can overcome inexperience

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Anthropology Jumps the Shark: The recent Vanderbilt report on the state of scholarship in the social sciences elicits a response that will live in infamy. bit.ly/4wIncWV

Anthropology Jumps the Shark

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

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Do Students Still Need to Learn Calculus? A new book says no. Here’s why that’s wrong. bit.ly/4wmtPxQ

Do Students Still Need to Learn Calculus?

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

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If Children Were Angels: Understanding students’ behavior is not the same as forming their character. bit.ly/4vIkVti

If Children Were Angels

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

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Parental Choice Is Sending Public Schools a Message. Are They Listening? District leaders may be starting to see there’s more to be gained from embracing school choice than trying to eliminate it. bit.ly/4pzD9fh

Parental Choice Is Sending Public Schools a Message. Are They Listening?

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

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Teach For America’s Rocky Road: New CEO assesses role organization plays in today’s education landscape. bit.ly/4puiwAZ

Teach For America’s Rocky Road

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

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Why Microschools Are Multiplying: Boys, neurodiverse students, and entrepreneurial parents are getting big results from a small model. bit.ly/44xMKcO

Why Microschools Are Multiplying

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

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“Gifted” Is Dead. Long Live “Advanced” Learners! Beyond the labels, there is a benefit to treating students’ abilities as qualities schools can serve, not conditions they should diagnose. bit.ly/4gFVO6z

“Gifted” Is Dead. Long Live “Advanced” Learners!

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

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Do School Closures Save Money? A study of California districts reveals the challenge of balancing budgets as enrollments decline. bit.ly/4ppPWRq

Do School Closures Save Money?

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

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Digging in on the New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit: For the FSTC to deliver on its promise, we should not overlook two big challenges ahead. bit.ly/4phgcNz

Digging in on the New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

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

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Paul Carrese, the Director of the Center for American Civics and Professor at Arizona State University, joins the Education Exchange to discuss his new book, 'Teaching America: Reflective Patriotism in Schools, College, and Culture.' https://bit.ly/4f5W8ZZ

The Education Exchange: The Role of Schools in Cultivating Patriotism

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

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Reinventing College as Something Everyone Can Use—and Afford: Apprenticeship degrees are ready to disrupt the “College for All” mindset. bit.ly/4fcatUL

Reinventing College as Something Everyone Can Use—and Afford

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

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The Propulsive Growth of Non-Teaching School Staff: Despite a steady decline in student enrollment, public schools have added more support roles to meet a growing demand for special education services. bit.ly/4baiwQC

The Propulsive Growth of Non-Teaching School Staff

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

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What It Means That Offices of Civil Rights, Special Education Are Leaving ED: As other agencies absorb the groups, it is uncertain how much their operations will change. bit.ly/4ybdEEY

What It Means That Offices of Civil Rights, Special Education Are Leaving ED

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

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Lamar Alexander joins the Education Exchange to discuss his new book, "The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump." https://bit.ly/4v2Nd1k

The Education Exchange: Lamar Alexander Tells Inside Story Behind Every Student Succeeds Act

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

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"School is fine, but money is better. You don’t need school if you’ve got money. Money is more important than knowing some dead guy or the capital of Beijing. Use your Trump crypto to buy Trump t-shirts and hats, very reasonably priced at our gift shop." https://bit.ly/4a0iXfO

Trump’s Big, Beautiful Civics Speech to Oakmont Middle School

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

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"But there is another, quieter policy in play that is reducing students’ regular access to school. Districts keep the label of a traditional five-day calendar while repeatedly closing schools to students on otherwise ordinary weekdays." bit.ly/4vuEqpA

The Quiet Erosion of the Five-Day School Week

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

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What Is a Democratic Education, Anyway? Tocqueville understood that the fate of the republic rests on civic habits and democratic norms, not politics. bit.ly/4wax5vx

What Is a Democratic Education, Anyway?

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

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Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next, joins the Education Exchange podcast to discuss the recent release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trends. https://bit.ly/4eDBpws

The Education Exchange: NAEP Scores Higher Among 9-Year-Olds Not Yet in School During Covid

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

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When Government Eventually Gets It Right: 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. bit.ly/4ai1UWM

When Government Eventually Gets It Right

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.

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Claiming the Moral High Ground for Character Education: New book offers primer on the cultivation of virtue at classical schools. bit.ly/4oMc5sL

Claiming the Moral High Ground for Character Education

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

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How a Gifted Program Impacts Disadvantaged Students: Non-cognitive skills, college attainment boosted for high-ability boys. bit.ly/43qUEnO

How a Gifted Program Impacts Disadvantaged Students

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

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Game Changer: The Rise of Sports Academies. The market for sports-focused private schools is growing, but quality varies. bit.ly/3QXJZ12

Game Changer: The Rise of Sports Academies

The market for sports-focused private schools is growing, but quality varies

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The Education Exchange: NAEP Scores Higher Among 9-Year-Olds Not Yet in School During Covid. bit.ly/4eDBpws

The Education Exchange: NAEP Scores Higher Among 9-Year-Olds Not Yet in School During Covid

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

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The Education Exchange: Why Cell Phone Bans Are Good for Students, Teachers. Less device use, more school engagement, better test scores point to effectiveness of powering down. https://bit.ly/43l8U1m

The Education Exchange: Why Cell Phone Bans Are Good for Students, Teachers

Paul E. Peterson interviews David Figlio, the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Rochester

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How State Courts Are Quietly Shaping U.S. Education: SCOTUS rulings get a lot of airtime, but ed reformers’ eyes should be on decisions coming from state benches. bit.ly/4vNR3MH

How State Courts Are Quietly Shaping U.S. Education

SCOTUS rulings get a lot of airtime, but ed reformers' eyes should be on decisions coming from state benches

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