December 3, 2025
AI Has Come for K–12 Education
The age of AI has come for K–12 education. A September 2025 RAND survey found that 54…
November 23, 2025
Our Wishlist for Higher Ed Reform
Now that Congress has resolved the government shutdown, attention is turning to what comes next….
November 14, 2025
Did ICE Raids and Wildfires Slow California’s Progress on Student Absenteeism?
California, by far the largest state by student population, just released its chronic absenteeism data…
November 12, 2025
Can School Reform Be Bipartisan Again?
Mike Petrilli, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, recently launched a new Substack, SCHOOLED, that…
October 24, 2025
Do School Cell Phone Bans Actually Make a Difference?
Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. In 2023, Florida became the…
October 23, 2025
Absenteeism Is Up. Does It Matter as Much for Student Achievement?
Across the nation’s schools, chronic absenteeism is up and student test scores are down, but how much is the…
October 15, 2025
Parent-School Partnerships Can Drive Academic Gains. Here’s How
A couple of years ago, in The Great School Rethink, I wrote at some length about…
October 10, 2025
Finding Common Ground on Trump’s College Compact
As with so much in 2025, the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in…
October 8, 2025
What Could the New Federal Tuition Tax Credit Mean for School Choice?
Education savings accounts, tax-credit scholarships, vouchers, charter schools, home schooling, tutoring, course choice, dual degrees,…
October 8, 2025
Students Are ‘Learning with Their Feet’ — by Shunning Bad Colleges
Fewer students are going to college, leading many to worry that young Americans are abandoning…
September 24, 2025
How Can Education Savings Accounts Serve Students with Special Needs?
As education savings account (ESA) laws have been adopted by a number of states in the past…
September 23, 2025
America’s Distorted Market for Higher Education
In the United States, K-12 education is mostly run as a government service. By contrast,…