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September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
…one roof. At a time when transportation and communication were limited, educational choice was naturally constrained. Today, those constraints are dusty memories. New tools have made it possible to communicate,…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…the rising cost of college and a “national narrative that questioned the value of college,” as reasons WVU would expect to see fewer applicants in coming years. It is now…
September 18, 2023
Students’ Lack of Basic Knowledge of US History and Civics Remains a National Embarrassment
…was never to improve voter participation. Frankly, it was to correct a profound national embarrassment: more than 96 percent of immigrants seeking naturalization pass the test—a rate that Americans at-large are nowhere…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…what they have borrowed, if anything at all. As my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, has argued, Biden’s IDR reforms would ostensibly transform a loan repayment program into…
September 18, 2023
Biden’s Latest Student-Loan Plan Is Another Disaster
Late last month, President Biden and his Department of Education announced the launch of the “SAVE” Plan, a reform that expands existing income-driven repayment (IDR) programs to the tune of up to $550 billion. Now,…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…Three decades ago, the National Education Commission on Time and Learning observed, “Learning in America is a prisoner of time. For the past 150 years, American public schools have held time…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…If teachers in our nation’s public schools wish to restore and maintain Americans’ trust in education, they must be willing to acknowledge a simple fact about their profession: They’re not…
July 18, 2023
The Education Community’s Views on School Improvement Have Fundamentally Changed
A few months back, I reflected on the 40th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” the landmark 1983 report. But there’s one important point that I didn’t really address: that the report…
July 12, 2023
Rethinking the Impact of the Lockdowns
…and Switzerland. Across all three nations, Hargittai found some common threads with the internet serving as a lifeline for people “ suddenly relying on it for the most essential of daily…
July 8, 2023
Why the End of Affirmative Action Is Good for Black Science Students
…40% offer physics. Only 9% of black students nationwide take advanced-placement courses in high school. According to research conducted at the University of Texas at Austin and Florida International University,…