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September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
Education savings accounts. Universal voucher programs. Charter schools. These are words guaranteed to inspire heated debates among policymakers, parents, and educators. Teachers’ union leaders denounce school choice as part of…
September 12, 2023
Time Is a School’s Most Precious Resource. Where Does It Go?
In schools, it can feel like there’s never enough time. Even though American students spend as much or more time in school as their peers around the globe (a fact that’s not…
August 29, 2023
How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling
I wrote recently about the opportunity (and need) to rethink the parent-educator partnership. Inevitably, a bunch of practical questions arise about how to do that. After all, for every frustrated parent who…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
As the new school year gets underway, there’s a lot of talk about programs, technology, and staffing challenges. But one opportunity for school improvement seems to consistently get overlooked: time….
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…Project, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
Utah lands at the top of many rankings of state performance across America. But the Beehive State is perhaps best known for its top rankings on the economic front. Utah’s…
August 13, 2023
‘The Death of Public School’ Review: Find a Place to Learn
…educates a broad swath of the public’s children? In the view of Cara Fitzpatrick, the author of “The Death of Public School,” it possesses all of these qualities, and properly…
July 30, 2023
26 Miles of Scaffolding Blights NYC’s Public Housing, Some Up for 10 Years
…the scaffolding, where, as Barber puts it, “the lighting is not the best.” Erected to protect residents from falling debris when building inspections identify the need for repairs to brick…
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…
June 30, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…working people would pay more in taxes if they got married, at least if they have kids.” As Patrick T. Brown of the Ethics and Public Policy Center noted, Republicans who…