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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…
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How One State Improved Its NAEP Scores
The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress results had a lot of bad news, but there were some scattered bright spots. Louisiana was one of them. In fact, the…
Op-Ed
Industrial Policy and Deficits: Dark Clouds for Democratic Capitalism
…in a political chess match between the two political parties. Instead, the lack of concern both parties have shown for fiscal consolidation is a sign that the political system is…
Op-Ed
How Trump Might Fulfill His Higher-Education Campaign Promises
…including bachelor’s degrees. There are many problems with having the federal government literally set up and operate a new university. My colleague Rick Hess has argued that “the idea of putting federal…
Op-Ed
Let’s Open the Black Box of Selective College Admissions
The aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) has put a spotlight on the capriciousness of admissions practices at selective colleges. In SFFA, the Supreme…
Op-Ed
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a new statewide ban on legacy admissions. It bars all colleges and universities, public or private, from taking into consideration an applicant’s relationship…
Op-Ed
A Unified Theory of Education
…worthy of this great nation. That’s where a unified theory just might help. Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Michael Q….
Op-Ed
Reimagining Early Education
For years, conservatives have dropped the ball on early childhood education policy, almost entirely ceding the playing field to the left. This has led to programs that lack guidance from…
Op-Ed
Do Mothers Have “Societal Support”? Does It Count if It Comes from Neighbors?
…it gets exaggerated in media. For instance, Monica Hesse, a columnist at the Washington Post, just before going on her maternity leave, wrote a column about how unsupported American mothers are: “Pregnancy and…
Op-Ed
Q&A: A Conservative Vision for Education
We just published a new book, Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12, and College. As the title makes clear, we unabashedly make the case for a conservative approach…
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The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America
The casual observer can be forgiven if it looks like both the left and the right are doing their best to lose the debate over the future of American education….
Op-Ed
School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.
Chronic absenteeism has become a pressing challenge for the nation’s schools. The stories are ubiquitous, featuring headlines like last week’s New York Times’s front-pager “Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere.” In…