Published Articles & Media
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Are Lack of Funding and Covid Spread Forcing Schools to Close?
Nationwide data on fiscal resources, union influence, and politics on school closures
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Low-Cost Private Schools Serving the Global Poor
"They pay fees, they expect more," explains "Really Good Schools" author James Tooley
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Yes, It Is Safe to Reopen Schools
"These are huge costs that we've asked moms and kids to bear for very little public health benefit from having schools closed...the average student could lose between $61,000 to $88,000 of lifetime earnings."
Charter Schools
EdNext Podcast: An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education
"Every school has some teacher who really gets kids excited," says Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: The Entire Oakley, California, School Board Resigned
On a hot mic, parents were said to want “their babysitters back”
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education—New Evidence from Florida
"It's rational to be worried about the stigma associated with a disability diagnosis for students who do not in fact have disabilities. ...But there's also reason to think that it's a really big problem to not give student services who really need them."
Education Exchange
The Education Exchange: Wisconsin’s Act 10, Ten Years On
Governor Scott Walker's reform of pensions, collective-bargaining for public employees saved $14 billion. Dire consequences predicted by unions failed to materialize.
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Daniel Willingham on Making Education Research Relevant
The problem with "business as usual" control groups
Charter Schools
The Education Exchange: Charters Are 43% More Productive Than Traditional Public Schools, a Study Finds
Seven-city comparison finds some schools doing more with less
EdNext Podcast
EdNext Podcast: Keep Cameras on in Classrooms, Even after the Pandemic Ends
Like televising courtroom proceedings or putting body-cams on police officers, it adds transparency.