RealClearEducation Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

Jenna Russell New York Times

AI Exposed Age-Old Problems with College Coursework

N. Baba-Ahmed Guardian

Judge Blocks Trump Demand for Racial Data

Kaleem & Casey Los Angeles Times

What's Happened Since Trump Ordered Ed Dept Demise?

Jason Swensen Deseret

Federal Funding Disruptions for Schools Far from Over

Mark Lieberman Ed Week

Very Few Private School Students Take the NAEP

Erica Meltzer Chalkbeat

Civic Centers Are a Gamble

Richard Vedder Minding The Campus

Academic Publishing's Most Pointless Bottleneck

Robert M. Kaplan Academe

Restorative Justice Didn’t Deliver. Why?

Jennifer Weber Education Next

Blue Books Make an 'Out of Step' Campus Comeback

Josephine Walker Axios

Colleges Face Widespread Closures

Levine & Van Pelt Chronicle of Higher Education

We Face an Education Depression. Why Are Dems Silent?

Elorza & Austin WaPo

No Homework? No Problem.

Frederick Hess Education Next

Helping Teachers Implement the Science of Reading

Chad Aldeman The 74 Million

Southern States Boost Early Reading, But Gains Stall

Jill Barshay KQED

Britain Tests a New Model for Campus Free Speech

Gregory Brown MTC

The Hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky

Lucy Hall The New School Free Press

The Military Should Support Higher Education

John W. Davis Student Life

Whiskey Mogul Offers $200M Campus to Religious Groups

Peter Burke Fox News

The Essential Ingredient of a Well-Behaved Class

Michael Linsin SCM

Is the SAT Still Relevant?

Quincey Reese TribLIVE.com

Poll: Voters Say College Is Not Worth It

Terry Jones TIPP Insights

Professors Are Changing What They Teach in Trump Era

Alan Blinder NY Times

Diversity Is Ticking Up at Elite Colleges. Why?

Julie J. Park Chronicle of Higher Ed

Higher Education Failing in Today’s ‘Post-Literate’ Era

Austin Sarat The Hill

Liberal Education as Civic Renewal

Jacob Howland Civitas Outlook

Lawmakers Tried to Kill This California College

Adam Echelman CalMatters

Overturn Supreme Court Ruling to Fix Education

Corey DeAngelis Fox News

It’s Time to Ban Men from Working in Nurseries

David Shipley The Spectator

Iran Is Funding at Network of Schools in the U.S.

Brandy Shufutinsky RealClearEd

The Great Syllabus Stagnation

Hollis Robbins Anecdotal Value

Higher Ed's Lobbying Arms Race

Francie Diep Chronicle

The Anti-Screen Argument Is Getting More Complicated

Matt Barnum Chalkbeat

CA Teachers Cite Discipline Problems. 40% Plan to Quit.

Joshua Nelson Fox News

Hey, Parents, Leave Your Kids Alone

Meghan Cox Gurdon Wall Street Journal

Young Students Struggle More with Basic Skills Than Two Years Ago

xAI X

Paying College Athletes Has Created a Mess

Joe Nocera The Free Press

Money Still Isn’t Flowing after Trump Funding Freeze

Brendan Cantwell Conversation

Teacher Resource: Lessons from the 1970s Oil Crisis

Retro Report

The 90/10 Gap: Struggling Students Falling Behind

Kevin Mahnken The 74 Million

How Foundation Money Reshaped Sarah Lawrence College

Samuel J. Abrams RCEd

The Dumbing Down of Advanced Placement Tests

Paul E. Peterson Education Next

Sian Beilock’s Star Turn

Eric Kelderman Chronicle of Higher Education

A Proven Fix for America’s Reading Crisis

Cochling & Brockway RealClearEducation

Universities Ignoring Judge's Order to Roll Back Anti-DEI Efforts

Bose et al. Prism

Florida Professors Quietly Defy Rules on Race and Gender

Brianna Holt Guardian

Cut Licensing, Cut Prices, Embrace AI

Kevin Frazier Civitas

AI Will Destroy Universities

Paul Sagar UnHerd

The Education Department Is Shrinking

Keri D. Ingraham Wall Street Journal

Moving Loans From Education to Treasury Is Good

Andrew Gillen Inside Higher Ed

Graduate Loan Caps Are Coming: Colleges Should Prepare Now

Beth Akers RCEd

Handwriting Beats Laptops for Deeper Learning in New Brain Debate

xAI X

The Coming Dual-Enrollment Wars

Scott Carlson Chronicle of Higher Education

RealClearEducation Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

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