Works
“I cannot ever stand up and stand against a parent having options, because I’ve benefited from my parents having options.”
On his support for school choice programs
High School Attitudes
CASEL Survey with Civic and Hart Research Associates
“The single, quickest, best way to make college more affordable to poor students is to simplify the FAFSA.”
Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Podcast: The Survival of Small Private Colleges
Helen Drinan, the current and eighth President at Simmons University, discusses small private…
“Low standards and low expectations tell students that we don’t have hope for them. That we don’t believe in them. But we do.”
In a speech to the National School Boards Association
Options for Gun Safety
2019 PACE/USC Rossier Poll
“Every day across districts in America, students and educators attend schools that are either unsafe or lack basic resources, or both, and this is simply unacceptable.”
Introducing a bill to spend $100 billion on school infrastructure
Immigration and Education
Pew Research Center
Giving Districts Guidance on ‘Supplement, Not Supplant’
More than a year later than promised, The U.S. Education Department just released its…
Measuring Student Growth
Data Quality Campaign
“Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”
Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
Podcast: The Eroding Partnership Between Higher Ed and the Public
Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein, who wrote Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the…
“There have never been bridges for our low-income and black students to good jobs.”
There have never been bridges for our low-income and black students to good jobs.
“We’re in a battle for the soul of public education.”
Amid a teachers' strike
Lead in School Water
Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A Progressive Manifesto on Social-Emotional Learning
The Every Student Succeeds Act invited states to place more emphasis on non-academic factors in…
Growing Great Teachers: Lessons for School System Leaders
One major aspect of improving educational outcomes for at-risk students requires high-quality instruction provided by…
Podcast: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on the Future of Higher Ed
Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown explains various Higher Ed policies in Oregon, including those…
Students on SNAP
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Can Bonuses for Teachers Influence Student Success?
Research tells us that high-quality teachers are crucial to student achievement. Research shows us that…
Progress in Graduation Rates
National Center for Education Statistics
“A good curriculum doesn’t micromanage the minute-to-minute actions of teachers; it challenges them to think.”
On the tension between autonomy and coherence in school curriculum
“The question of whether money matters is separate from whether money can matter more if we spend it better.”
On the value of education spending
Podcast: Universities Wade Into Bootcamp Territory
Dan Sommer, CEO of Trilogy Education Services, speaks about the growing role of…
“Studies have consistently found harsh exclusionary discipline and physical punishments are associated with negative long-term outcomes.”
In a joint statement recommending efforts to repeal Obama-era guidance on school discipline
Parent Perceptions vs. Reality
Learning Heroes
“Do we really need more white bread in our schools?”
On learning that the U.S. Agriculture Department is rolling back school lunch guidelines on whole grains
Spending on Schools
National Center for Education Statistics
The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
As racial gaps in educational attainment persist, research is demonstrating an effective factor in narrowing…
“Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.”
Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.