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“When you put the responsibility on parents to make good choices, it rarely works.”
Describing the need for some regulation in school choice
Support for Free College
PDK Poll, 2018
Another Piece of the School Choice Puzzle: Student Vaccinations
Campaigns of mass vaccination against infectious diseases represent one of the most successful public health…
The Educators’ Case for Preserving Medicaid
When Congress considered gutting Medicaid last year, school superintendents and other educators spoke out to…
Do Students Benefit from Longer School Days?
Extending the school day has been one of many policies implemented in several states in…
“If you continue to defund the profession, teachers are going to leave, or are not going to make it. This is a real turning point at a critical time for public schools and for public education, and our members know it.”
On the frustration that led a strike vote in the teachers union.
Laptops in the Classroom: An Open and Closed Case
A recent commentary piece in the New York Times generated a flurry of debate…
Mental Health in High School: The Teacher’s Perspective
The recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., provoked a rash of conversation about what schools…
Podcast: Lifelong Learning and Higher Ed
Joseph Aoun, President of Northeastern University, talks about lifelong learning and its’ relationship…
“What is the advantage in a low-income area of sending a child to a failed school and that being your only choice?”
Explaining his support for school choice in a 2008 presidential debate.
Podcast: Demographics & Demand for Higher Education
Nathan Grawe, an economics professor at Carleton College and author of “Demographics and…
Podcast: Higher Ed Trends for Adult Learners
Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses higher…
Podcast: Higher Ed’s Role in Shaping the U.S. Workforce
Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis talks about his organization’s goal to help higher…
Public Perception of Teachers’ Pay
Education Next
“Congress doesn’t think this is a good idea. Parents don’t think this is a good idea. Teachers don’t think this is a good idea. Only Betsy DeVos and the gun industry want this.”
Introducing an amendment that would block federal spending to arm teachers.
Beyond the Border: Serving English Language Learners
The nation is rightly focused on the plight of thousands of immigrant children who have…
Parent Views on School Safety
PDK 2018 Poll
Leaving School Early
Teacher turnover has historically been measured one time a year, but in reality, it happens…
“What it ultimately comes down to is that someone cares about their future. We want the next great police officer, the next great politician, the next great doctor, the next great nurse, the next great musician.”
Explaining the philosophy behind the new public school he opened in Akron, Ohio
Districts Waiting for Guidance on ‘Supplement, Not Supplant’
The U.S. Department of Education and state education authorities are churning toward the introduction of…
Closing the Excellence Gap
One of few bright spots in the just-released National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) results…
School-aged Children and Medicaid
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
“We are in the business of educating children, no matter where they came from or how they got here.”
Describing her district's commitment to helping unaccompanied immigrant children
The Geography of Risk: Skipping School Vaccinations
With a growing number of exemptions from school vaccinations for religious or personal reasons, some schools…
Podcast: Big Changes for For-Profit Colleges
Doug Lederman, Editor of Inside Higher Ed, discusses federal issues around accreditation, quality…
Helping Struggling Job Seekers Via Online Marketplaces
This year’s college graduates are facing one of the best job markets in years. Unemployment…
How Will Reversal of Diversity Guidance Affect Higher Ed?
On July 3, the Trump administration announced it will reverse several policy memos…
Support for Higher Education
Pew Research Center
Podcast: The Impact Of Helicopter Parenting
Laura Hamilton, associate sociology professor at the University of California at Merced and…