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What a focus group expert learned from three decades of talking to teachers, parents, and administrators about schools ...
The answer: Elite higher education has become the new “Big Oil.” ...
Paul E. Peterson interviews Michael Hartney, fellow at the Hoover Institution and assistant professor of political science at ...
The question of the constitutionality of religious charter schools challenges the very identity of the public charter movement ...
Paul E. Peterson interviews Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University ...
A historical reenactor portraying Benjamin Franklin teaches a group of middle schoolers about the origins of the United States government outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I recently ...
Public schools do not work for everyone. But options have increased since 1922, when Oregon tried to ban private education. The Supreme Court shut down that scheme fast. But now, after more than 100 ...
If you feel like you just got off the Tilt-A-Whirl, join the club. In its early months, the Trump administration has been on a remarkable run in education. Its “move fast and break things” ethos has ...
The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage. Ever since Massachusetts set up the nation’s first system of public schools, math education has been inextricably ...