Published Articles & Media
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2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence: Top Tens
And a special nod to junior faculty who earned spots on the list.
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The 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
The university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy.
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The 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Scoring Rubric
Given that more than 20,000 university-based faculty in the U.S. are researching education, simply making it onto the Edu-Scholar list is an accomplishment.
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What It Takes to Be an Effective Public Scholar
The extraordinary public scholar excels in five areas: disciplinary scholarship, policy analysis and popular writing, convening and shepherding collaborations, providing incisive commentary, and speaking in the public square.
Federal Policy
An Exit Interview With Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
"We’ve seen some of America’s largest districts refuse to open, not based on the recommendation of scientists, but because of political interests."
Federal Policy
What Makes for an Effective Secretary of Education?
Thick skin, respect for data are among the qualities needed for success
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Treat NAEP as a Reality Check, Not an Advocacy Exercise
Recent efforts to overhaul NAEP's reading framework are deeply troubling.
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Anticipating What’s Ahead for Ed After the Election
Imagining the ingredients of a Biden-McConnell deal
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Participation Is Only a Part of Democratic Education
"The value of checks and balances ought to be understood independent of particular agendas. Otherwise, it's a recipe for increasingly unconstrained aggression."
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Covid-19 Has Capsized the Case Against School Choice
During the past six months, it's become clear that what this universal, public system actually guarantees is a lot less than we imagined.