RealClearEducation Week of April 20, 2026 Archives

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Monday, April 20
Why Higher Ed Won’t Look Itself in the Mirror
Jonathan Zimmerman Chronicle
The Kids Staying Away from School
Emma Jacobs & Andrew Jack The Financial Times
Yale Committee Recommends Reform on Grade Inflation
Jake Angelo Fortune
Where Harvard Went Wrong
Harvey C. Mansfield New York Post
Garber ‘Disappointed’ by Student ‘Ignorance’ on Israel
Chiasson & Spenner Harvard
Cutting Education During Crises Costs More
Al Jazi Darwish Newsweek
Community College Enrollment Rises
Jessica Dickler CNBC
A Memo to Reform-Minded Campus Leaders
Frederick M. Hess Martin Center
Yale Report Finds Yale Deserves Blame
Alan Blinder The New York Times
The Most Dangerous Student on Campus
Hollis Robbins Anecdotal Value


Tuesday, April 21
Trustee Election: Gaza Protests Take Center Stage
David Jesse Chronicle
Detained Tufts Student Self-Deports in Trump Deal
Gerstein & Cheney Politico
What AI Can’t Do
Ben Wildavsky Washington Monthly
Parents, Schools Clash over Banning Screens
Linda Jacobson The74million
Texas Tech Censors Sex and Gender Courses
Graham Piro Expression
Colleges Help Students Who Dropped Out Reenroll
Alia Wong AP News
The Well-Educated Child
Joe Klein Sanity Clause
The First (and Only?) College Balloon Race
Thomas Barnico Law & Lore
AI Graduation Requirements Will Soon Be Here
Mark Milliron Fast Company
AI Is a Better Researcher Than You
Evan Goldstein Chronicle of Higher Education
Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men
Emma Green The New Yorker
Education Research Is Weak and Sloppy. Why?
Kelsey Piper The Argument


Wednesday, April 22
Classical Education Is on the Rise
Lauren Lumpkin Washington Post
Universities Lost Public Trust. They're Finally Noticing
Ingrid Jacques USA Today
Higher Education’s Frozen Yogurt Moment
Megan McArdle Washington Post
Yale Admits Bias Erodes Trust in Higher Ed
Meagan O'Rourke Reason
College Won't Get Fixed. But It Won't Disappear
Tyler Cowen The Free Press
I’m a Student. My University Hides Its Illegal DEI Agenda.
Shae McInnis Daily Caller
I Am a Free-Range Parent. Not for Long in America
Stephanie H. Murray The Dispatch
You Can't Game Your Way to a Real Education
Molly Worthen The New York Times
Your Tax Dollars Could Fund a Child's Scholarship
Jeanne Allen Forbes
Science of Reading Shift is Transforming a Rural KY School
Lilla Ross SmartBrief
Ken Burns on Hampshire College's Planned Closure
Leila Fadel NPR


Thursday, April 23
Meet the Donors Funding the Civil-Dialogue Boom
Francie Diep Chronicle
How Much Will That College Cost You?
Meredith Kolodner Washington Monthly
An 'Inappropriate Relationship' Sank OSU's Leader
Nell Gluckman Chronicle
AI Forcing Texas Universities to Adjust
Paul Cobler The Texas Tribune
AI Complicates College Commitment for Parents
Julian Torres CNN
AI Is Coming. Becoming an Electrician Won’t Save You.
River Page The Free Press
Kindergartners Aren't Talking Enough in Class
Elizabeth Heubeck Education Week
Utah Valley Revokes Graduation Speaker's Invite
Jeremy W. Peters New York Times
Hampshire College and the Marketplace of Outcomes
Samuel J. Abrams RCEd
Conservative Solutions for Child Care's Problems
Low & Buck RealClearEducation


Friday, April 24
A Free Win for Governors: If They’ll Take It
Marc LeBlond RealClearEducation
The Generational Compact Is Broken
Carl Paulus RealClearEducation
It's Underemployment, Stupid
Karin Fischer Chronicle
Yale Has a Surefire Way to Make Things Worse
Michael S. Roth The New York Times
Why Sameness, Not Teaching, Is the Goal
Hollis Robbins Anecdotal Value
The 'Soft Bigotry' Is Still Harming Students
Naomi Schaefer Riley Deseret News
Homeschooling Can Be Risky
Samantha Hedges EduThirdSpace
Higher Ed Experts Want a 'NATO for Universities'
Susan H. Greenberg Inside Higher Ed
Legal Experts Warn Worst Is Yet to Come
Nathalie Baptiste HuffPost
The Future of AI in the Classroom
Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report
Harvard College Adds AI to Expository Writing Curriculum
Connolly & Rose Crimson
Epstein Craved Harvard Connections
Arsenault and Kamin NY Times
Adults Are Earning College Degrees Online in Weeks
Todd Wallack Washington Post
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