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December 17, 2024
Make America Smart Again: The Jeopardy Test for Graduation
…last month to abolish a similar graduation requirement, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, whose adoption in 1994 coincided with that state consistently becoming the nation’s top National Assessment of Education Progress performer,…
November 14, 2024
The Rotting of the College Board
…writer Nicholas Lemann, of its “national aspirations and of the University of California’s high status in public higher education.” But it would take another two decades for the University of…
November 14, 2024
Florida, the Forgotten Education-Reform Star
…schools accountable, and expanding school choice, among other agenda items. The success of these reforms garnered national attention, with significant gains seen in student performance, especially for historically underserved groups….
November 13, 2024
How Trump Might Fulfill His Higher-Education Campaign Promises
…A national university In addition to expanding accreditation, Trump has also pledged to compete with incumbent colleges directly by creating a free, online national university called the “American Academy.” The new institution,…
October 9, 2024
How to Make Millionaire Teachers
…students lacking access to college-level or STEM coursework would suddenly have access to the best teachers in the nation. Students from families who could not otherwise afford SAT or ACT…
October 9, 2024
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
…California, the nation’s largest state, is now the fifth state to ban legacy admissions and the second state to adopt a ban that applies to private colleges. In the wake…
October 7, 2024
Has Kamala Harris Given Up on “College for All”?
In 2009, then-President Obama made a bold proposal: “By 2020, this nation will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” His administration then pursued a slew of policies…
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 4, 2024
Make Parents Pay for Kids Who Miss School To Curb Chronic School Absenteeism
…Wealthy, self-indulgent families are taking their kids out of school for extended vacations. Still, Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute has found that chronic absence especially afflicts lower-income homes….
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,…