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 ...

Coherence? Professionalism? High academic achievement? Gee, seems worth studying.

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

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

This article appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of Education Next. Suggested citation format: Libetti Mitchel, A., and Mead, S. (2017). The Charter Model Goes to Preschool: Despite obstacles, ...

The model of special education known as inclusion, or mainstreaming, has become more prevalent over the past 10 years, and today, more than 60 percent of all students with disabilities (SWDs) spend 80 ...

The Purposes of Education Let’s get right to the heart of the matter: What do Americans think the aims and objectives of K–12 education ought to be? Broadly speaking, Americans would like schools to ...

The year was 2014, and Doug Tuthill remembers taking a call from a top state lawmaker just after the Florida legislature had authorized its first education savings accounts—the type of state-funded ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of Education Next. Suggested citation format: Pondiscio, R. (2017). Louisiana Threads the Needle on Ed Reform: Launching a coherent curriculum in a ...