Thankfully, the brave advocates and policymakers who fought for these consumer protections during the 20th century didn’t ...

The voucher program revitalized some private schools, led to the creation of others, and expanded competition citywide. But ...

Pretty much the only good-news story in education through the first half of 2025 has been the “Southern Surge”—the impressive ...

In many high-income families, the college conversation occurs early and often—and no wonder, because parents probably ...

Robert Enlow, the President and CEO of EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the tax credit scholarship provision that ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Matthew Lenard, assistant professor of education leadership and policy studies at Florida State ...

Hero and villain of school policy researchThis article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational ...

Four years ago, in the shadow of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak, veteran Woodland Park High School chemistry teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams stumbled onto an idea. Struggling to find the time to ...

States are the “laboratory” of democracy, opined Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. That laboratory swung into action when states introduced substantially different policies as Covid-19 swept ...

The state of Massachusetts introduced a system of standardized testing in its public schools three years before the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated such practices for all 50 states.