Another slew of choice referendum defeats can be explained by an aversion to losing what’s in hand over gaining something new ...

As chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, Michelle Rhee led the reform efforts for the district’s teacher evaluation system.

But many parents and educators have grown skeptical of standardized testing and the relevance of a student’s scores to their long-term success—especially tests given when children are still in ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Joshua Goodman, Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Boston University ...

We see two roads forward for education choice. Down the well-travelled road, we see the potential “charter-ization” of ...

The Egalitarian Education of American Leaders After working at the White House, in Congress, and at the U.S. Department of Education, I concluded that too much of what occurs inside the Beltway is ...

The Role of Teacher Turnover We focus on teacher departures from Dallas ISD to understand the effects of evaluation and compensation reform on the district’s workforce rather than looking at new ...

Improve the Quality, Preserve the Mission of Statewide Testing by Lynn Olson and Thomas Toch Lynn Olson and Thomas Toch Statewide standardized testing has played a central role in education policy for ...

The debate over critical race theory in K–12 schools took center stage in 2021 during the Virginia gubernatorial election. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin heavily criticized CRT during his ...

Reviewing the Research About Time in School We start with a wide-ranging search for studies that examine time during the traditional K–12 school day. Our review includes studies that reasonably ...

Importance of Education as an Issue Given the K–12 education system’s relatively lackluster performance in the eyes of the American public, you might imagine that education is among the most important ...

What the Future Holds Digital tech has made private tutoring more accessible, more efficient, and more affordable. Students whose families can’t afford to pay $75 an hour at an in-person center can ...