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Oct 21, 2025
School boards rarely make national news unless someone is shouting. A community member reads a passage from a controversial library book; a teacher’s social...
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Oct 17, 2025
Teaching must recover the humility and neutrality appropriate to public service--or risk losing the public's trust.
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Oct 10, 2025
For generations, the public school down the street was the unquestioned default; education reformers might argue about how to fix it, or champion competitors like public charter...
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Sep 12, 2025
The correct response to the results from the NAEP is not despair. It’s to look closely at the places that seem to be getting it right, learn from them, and follow their lead.
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Aug 27, 2025
Classical education has become one of the brightest spots in the K–12 landscape. Once a niche movement, it now encompasses more than 1,500 public, private,...
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Aug 26, 2025
Let’s cultivate resiliency and hope instead.
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Jul 30, 2025
A common refrain in education today is that low pay is the biggest factor pushing teachers to choose other careers. However, many teachers cite a different cause for their departure:...
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Jun 6, 2025
Defending Ed’s overreach illustrates the danger of letting ideology override evidence.
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May 29, 2025
It's not hard to find stories of earnest, well-intended people who wanted to teach but found the job untenable. But I can’t recall hearing from a single one at any of the...
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May 20, 2025
Steven Wilson’s The Lost Decade is not just a book—it’s a requiem. It’s a mournful recounting of a moment when the education reform movement, particularly the...
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May 13, 2025
I’ve said for years and I’ll say it again: We’ve made teaching too hard for mere mortals.
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Apr 22, 2025
The American Federation of Teachers' quarterly "American Educator" was once a reliable source of first-rate research and practice tips. What's happened to it lately?
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Apr 2, 2025
Research finds older students run out of gas because basic decoding skills aren't enough for handling complex words and texts.
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Mar 20, 2025
Three new episodes of Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast have a lot to teach about following evidence and sticking with what works
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Mar 3, 2025
The government’s messages to school districts and universities are basically a shakedown: Comply with our enlightened vision or risk a civil rights probe that could cost you...
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Feb 28, 2025
The case for handwriting’s edge on student notetaking rests on shaky science and elusive claims, not hard evidence.
Oct 21, 2025School boards rarely make national news unless someone is shouting. A community member reads a passage from a controversial library book; a teacher’s social...
Oct 17, 2025Teaching must recover the humility and neutrality appropriate to public service--or risk losing the public's trust.
Oct 10, 2025For generations, the public school down the street was the unquestioned default; education reformers might argue about how to fix it, or champion competitors like public charter...
Sep 12, 2025The correct response to the results from the NAEP is not despair. It’s to look closely at the places that seem to be getting it right, learn from them, and follow their lead.
Aug 27, 2025Classical education has become one of the brightest spots in the K–12 landscape. Once a niche movement, it now encompasses more than 1,500 public, private,...
Jul 30, 2025A common refrain in education today is that low pay is the biggest factor pushing teachers to choose other careers. However, many teachers cite a different cause for their departure:...
Jun 6, 2025Defending Ed’s overreach illustrates the danger of letting ideology override evidence. 
May 29, 2025It's not hard to find stories of earnest, well-intended people who wanted to teach but found the job untenable. But I can’t recall hearing from a single one at any of the...
May 20, 2025Steven Wilson’s The Lost Decade is not just a book—it’s a requiem. It’s a mournful recounting of a moment when the education reform movement, particularly the...
May 13, 2025I’ve said for years and I’ll say it again: We’ve made teaching too hard for mere mortals.
Apr 22, 2025The American Federation of Teachers' quarterly "American Educator" was once a reliable source of first-rate research and practice tips. What's happened to it lately?
Apr 2, 2025Research finds older students run out of gas because basic decoding skills aren't enough for handling complex words and texts.
Mar 20, 2025Three new episodes of Emily Hanford’s groundbreaking podcast have a lot to teach about following evidence and sticking with what works
Mar 3, 2025The government’s messages to school districts and universities are basically a shakedown: Comply with our enlightened vision or risk a civil rights probe that could cost you...
Feb 28, 2025The case for handwriting’s edge on student notetaking rests on shaky science and elusive claims, not hard evidence.