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March 28, 2025

Cracking the Code Behind Dismal 8th Grade Reading Scores

…rich-get-richer; poor-get-poorer phenomenon often referred to as the “Matthew Effect.” Students who are below the decoding threshold stop growing in vocabulary, reading comprehension, and knowledge acquisition; those who are above…

February 22, 2024

Education and the Right

…how conservatives have interacted with educational institutions. AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Ramesh Ponnuru—drawing on their expertise in conservative history and policy—discussed the implications of the right’s growing power in education…