This is the Education Exchange with Paul Peterson. I am the director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at ...

In the past few years, 22 states and the District of Columbia have passed “bell-to-bell” laws, which prohibit students from ...

Peterson to discuss Graff’s paper, “Declining Public School Enrollment and the Rise of Universal Private School Choice ...

Chicago’s civic avatars explained that CPS has a duty “not just to manage schools” but “to actively expand rights, fight for ...

Once upon a time there was a thoughtful educator who raised some interesting questions about how children were traditionally taught to read and write, and proposed some innovative changes. But as she ...

Jay P. Greene joined EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the benefits of field trips, including how seeing live theater is a more enriching experience to students, on the EdNext podcast. The ...

As public budgets have grown tighter over the past decade, states and school districts have sought ways to control the growth of spending. One increasingly common strategy employed to rein in costs is ...

A culture of urgency, grounded in love, is essential, at “high-performing” and “underperforming” schools alike. And try to find a way to refill your cup. Rachel Skerritt Names of some of Boston Latin ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed in July includes a landmark provision offering dollar-for-dollar tax credits to individual taxpayers who donate to Scholarship Granting Organizations ...

“Social prescribing” tries to put struggling teens into activities instead of therapy. It should work, so why hasn’t it yet? When someone is anxious, lonely, or depressed, the standard advice is to ...

This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.” The full series will appear ...

Teenagers are not known for their coolheaded decision-making, yet they face hundreds of choices with significant long-term consequences. In school, they must decide which courses to take, how much ...