This piece originally appeared in Education Week. What makes a good public school—and how would we know it? While these questions may appear simple to answer…
What’s the best way to measure a school’s quality? It depends on whom you ask. Parents, educators, employers and policymakers hold many different opinions about…
In the wake of January’s disappointing National Assessment of Educational Progress results, one finding stands out: students who miss the most school have the…
This piece originally appeared in Washington Monthly. Amid Donald Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education, a recent report from one of its…
The sharp rise in chronic student absenteeism in the wake of the pandemic has attracted national headlines, and rightly so. But research I’ve done with my…
