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Jul 23, 2026
An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School.
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Jul 2, 2026
The failure of much educational technology is fueling a broad anti-screen movement. But artificial intelligence forces a difficult conversation about learning, competence, and the...
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Jun 19, 2026
More than a decade ago, I reviewed the The Science of Learning, a slim report published by the then-new advocacy group Deans for Impact. At the time, it felt like an intervention,...
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May 19, 2026
A valuable new RAND report complicates the panic over disappearing novels—and suggests the accountability era taught schools to think about reading in the wrong way.
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Apr 10, 2026
Every few years, education seems to discover something new that will finally fix schools — a new framework, a new approach, a new way of thinking about teaching and learning....
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Mar 30, 2026
The classroom is where we learn how to behave in other shared spaces. What happens when it collapses?
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Feb 20, 2026
The lessons to be learned from schools like Success Academy either don’t stick or travel very far. This suggests that the challenge is not incuriosity but something else.
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Jan 2, 2026
A Republican Michigan state legislator has proposed exempting people without children in public schools from paying school-related property taxes.
Jul 23, 2026An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School.
Jul 2, 2026The failure of much educational technology is fueling a broad anti-screen movement. But artificial intelligence forces a difficult conversation about learning, competence, and the...
Jun 19, 2026More than a decade ago, I reviewed the The Science of Learning, a slim report published by the then-new advocacy group Deans for Impact. At the time, it felt like an intervention,...
Mar 30, 2026The classroom is where we learn how to behave in other shared spaces. What happens when it collapses?
Feb 20, 2026The lessons to be learned from schools like Success Academy either don’t stick or travel very far. This suggests that the challenge is not incuriosity but something else.
Jan 2, 2026A Republican Michigan state legislator has proposed exempting people without children in public schools from paying school-related property taxes.