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September 25, 2025
The Golden Age of Public Housing—and Why It Didn’t Last
…for a legendary anti-lynching crusader, was later captured as a drug-infested, racially segregated dystopia by the filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. It did not start out that way, though. “Life in Ida…
September 8, 2025
A Hidden Explanation for the Wealth Gap on Racial Lines That Emerges in the Push to Promote Public Housing
…Detroit that would be named for Frederick Douglass. To clear the way for this and many similar projects named for important black historical figures such as Ida B. Wells, James…
June 25, 2025
Yes, there’s still a shared American story. If we’re to live in freedom, we need to embrace and defend it.
…perish from the Earth. These are the ideals Frederick Douglass fought for in every speech he gave. This is Lincoln at Gettysburg and Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall….
April 4, 2025
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…
December 17, 2024
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…
November 13, 2024
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…
October 11, 2024
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…
October 9, 2024
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…
June 18, 2024
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….
June 15, 2024
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…