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September 18, 2023
Students’ Lack of Basic Knowledge of US History and Civics Remains a National Embarrassment
…near matching. Only 13 percent, in one survey, knew when the US Constitution was ratified, for example. Most couldn’t say which countries the US fought in World War II; only one…
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…
August 29, 2023
How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling
…student performance with them, and feel more attached to the school community. (This matters most for parents who may otherwise feel marginalized or disconnected.) Parents and teachers collectively set academic…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…never enough time? It’s because too much time gets lost and wasted. In 2021, in a far-too-unusual study of schools in Providence, Rhode Island, researchers Matt Kraft and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum documented just…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…believe it’s “inappropriate for teachers to discuss trans identity in elementary schools.” Other polls have found strong majorities of parents think transgender students should use bathrooms and locker rooms to match their…
August 14, 2023
The Narcissism of Small Diffidences
…for it, and keep earning it. Only then will you matter in this house, at this school, in this world.” Teaching kids that they matter is hard to do in…
July 15, 2023
Yonkers’ Only Charter School Illustrates Just How Broken the System Is
…69% of its sixth graders, for example, scored proficient in math, compared to 38% for New York State. In English Language Arts, 91% of CSEE students were proficient, compared to…
July 13, 2023
This School Year, Recovery from COVID Learning Loss Went the Wrong Direction
…slowly in reading and math during the 2022–23 school year than in pre-pandemic years. In other words, during the past school year, most students fell further behind. The NWEA report…
July 8, 2023
Why the End of Affirmative Action Is Good for Black Science Students
…time sitting in a college classroom. Math and science classes are tough. They use objective standards. And there is less grade inflation. It is simply harder to keep up if…
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Could Learn a Lot from This School in the U.K.
…spent educating their child. Parents can direct those funds to provide for their child’s education — anything from hiring tutors and purchasing curricular materials to simply using the money as…