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June 18, 2024

A Unified Theory of Education

When it comes to education, these have been the best of times and the worst of times. In 2021, Arizona adopted the nation’s first universal education-savings-account (ESA) program. In 2022,…

May 2, 2024

Q&A: A Conservative Vision for Education

…THE NATION AS POLARIZED AS IT’S BEEN IN RECENT YEARS, CAN WE STILL POINT TO THOSE KINDS OF SHARED VALUES? It’s a funny thing: As divided as we may seem,…

April 11, 2024

The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America

…connect students to their community, promote patriotism, and be open minded towards faith and family. At the same time, of course, educational outcomes matter mightily, for students and the nation. A…

April 3, 2024

School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.

Nat Malkus, who’s tracked the numbers on chronic absenteeism in his widely-referenced Return to Learn Tracker, has reported the situation is even worse in the nation’s poorest and low-achieving communities. In Los Angeles,…

March 28, 2024

Finally, a Chance to Start Getting Higher Ed Right

…of some of the nation’s most prestigious universities, the blatant and unrepentant campus antisemitism on display, and the laughably hypocritical double standards applied to speech have illustrated the problems in…

March 26, 2024

Reading Scores Have Plunged Since the Pandemic. What This Senator Wants to Do About That

…a literate workforce, we as a nation cannot fill the 9 million jobs currently open or adequately staff the military, which hurts our competitiveness with other nations. Within literacy, research…

March 11, 2024

Taking On the College Cartel

…oaths, grade inflation, enrollment cliffs, and stretched institutional budgets have all added up to a crisis of confidence—inside higher education and among the broader public.  Trust in the nation’s colleges…

March 11, 2024

Why Educators Often Have It Wrong About Right-Leaning Parents

…percent or more of the nation can wind up feeling maligned or misunderstood. Over the years, educators have talked a lot about code-switching as a way to advance understanding and…

March 6, 2024

It’s Time to Scrap the Federal Student Loan Program

…is making the problem worse. In lieu of a student lending program, he’s busy establishing a massive government subsidy to the affluent, the nation’s college-goers, and the higher education cartel….

March 5, 2024

A Conservative Vision for Education Reform

…nominally nonpartisan organizations such as the National Academy of Education and the American Educational Research Association, the politics of the teacher unions, and even the legacy media coverage of our education debates….