How Schools and Teachers Can Get Better at Cultural Competence

The murder of George Floyd has led to a movement to hold police departments and officers…

Districts Should Partner With Experienced Online Learning Providers and Save Us From a Train Wreck of a School Year

Last March, when so much of our lives moved from in-person work and learning to digital…

Some Kids Need a Brick and Mortar School. I Know Because I Was One of Them.

The most terrifying and dangerous experiences I had as a child were at home. I am…

How Charter School Regulations Harm Minority School Operators

It’s the oldest story in public policy. Regulations keep less favored providers from entering a market,…

Test scores and college-going declined after Great Recession spending cuts

Contact | Jackie Kerstetter: [email protected], Education Next Thursday, July 30—Recession-induced cuts to state education spending are…

The Costs of Cutting School Spending

State budgets are in trouble due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with tax revenues in freefall and…

Religious Charter Schools Will Test Limits of Epinoza Decision

Kendra Espinoza with her two daughters at Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell, Mont. Applicant: HI, we’d…

The Better of the Two Big Antiracism Bestsellers

How To Be An Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi One World, 2019, $27, 320 pages. As…

The Education Exchange: The Pandemic Is Killing Standardized Testing and the Accountability that Comes With It

The Education Exchange · Ep. 153 – Aug. 3, 2020 – The Pandemic Is Killing Standardized…

This Is a Perfect Time to Talk With Our Students About Social Injustice

The COVID-19 pandemic offers teachers a unique opportunity to capitalize on student empathy. Before the pandemic…