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Op-Ed
Snow Excuses
…students got out of the habit of regular attendance, and schools now need to work with parents to reestablish expectations and set things right. Just last week, my colleague Nat Malkus, perhaps the nation’s…
Op-Ed
AI in K–12: A New Year Reality Check for School Leaders
…of Gemini-powered, AI tools. Roughly 700,000 U.S. teachers use MagicSchool, an AI platform that automates tasks such as lesson planning, creating materials, writing and grading assessments. And if you ask…
Op-Ed
AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn
…president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, explained in “The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District,” what really matters are “the 4C’s”—“Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration,…
Op-Ed
Can School Reform Be Bipartisan Again?
…help and capacity—is hard, and the details matter. But the answer is not to give up on applying the pressure, as many reform opponents want us to do. And here’s…
Op-Ed
Parent-School Partnerships Can Drive Academic Gains. Here’s How
…standards. When parents pushed back against Common Core math, characterizing it as confusing and frustrating, we saw a need to more directly support families in understanding that the standards are…
Op-Ed
Finding Common Ground on Trump’s College Compact
…empowers the secretary of education to tell colleges to freeze tuition, require an admissions test, or combat grade inflation—no matter how worthy the goals. That said, there’s plenty here to…
Op-Ed
What Could the New Federal Tuition Tax Credit Mean for School Choice?
…your predictions or best guesses as to how this plays out and how much it ultimately matters? Ashley: Good questions. On whether this opportunity will undermine existing state education tax credits,…
Op-Ed
How Can Education Savings Accounts Serve Students with Special Needs?
…students with disabilities. In the third quarter of fiscal 2025, for example, over 670,000 items were processed. The three largest categories were: tutoring and teaching services; supplemental materials; and tuition,…
Article
The Southern Surge in Education
It’s been a grim stretch for America’s schools. Reading and math achievement are in a decade-long swoon. This year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) yielded the worst fourth-grade reading outcomes…
Op-Ed
How One State Improved Its NAEP Scores
…through school. This cannot continue to be the case. We must go back to teaching foundational skills in math and place a greater emphasis on mathematical fluency. Society talks about…
Op-Ed
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
…more likely to be admitted to mom or dad’s alma mater than a non-legacy applicant with comparable test scores. The idea that a student should get a leg up because…
Op-Ed
A Unified Theory of Education
…focusing on results that match the model. Second, good educational institutions are voluntary. Government agencies don’t spin the same webs of support that voluntary organizations do. Bureaucratic routines and electronic…