In mid-February 2020, Antonio Roca’s team at the education-management company Academica started to get some disturbing…
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We Can and Must Repair the Damage This Pandemic Is Causing Our Students
Across America, teachers and administrators have managed to cobble together classes, whether through in-person attendance, virtually…
The Education Exchange: Preparing Better Teachers
The president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, Kate Walsh, joins Paul E. Peterson to…
Where Kids Learn Isn’t Important. What They Learn Is.
Last week, I was part of a conversation around creating equality and equity for Black students…
You Can Hate Trump and Support School Choice
Every time Donald Trump says, “school choice is the civil rights issue of our time,” I…
Growth in Administrative Staff, Assistant Principals Far Outpaces Teacher Hiring
The staffing numbers intuitively match what observers have experienced as an expansion of federal laws and…
If We Don’t Do Something Radical Now We Will Fail Our Kids
This has not been the “back to school” we look forward to each year. In these…
COVID Can’t Stop Ms. Gutierrez From Nurturing Her Students’ Love of Reading
Many students are looking to escape the harsh realities of COVID-19. Online learning, social distancing, closure…
EdNext Podcast: The Never-Ending Battle to Protect Charter School Autonomy
The former executive director of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, Scott Pearson, joins…
Kids Need Remote Learning to Be Culturally Relevant, Too
Last spring, amidst the uprisings following the immediate failure to bring any sort of justice for…