Published Articles & Media
“The Choice Engine Is Revving While the Accountability Engine Is Stalling,” Says Troublemaker Checker Finn
"Couldn’t be more disappointed" in Biden agenda
Don’t Plan on That Federal Education Spending Spree
Ambitious plans to make community college “free” or pre-K “universal” will have to be radically downsized.
The Problems With Biden’s Universal Pre-K Proposal
"The proposed new investments in universal pre-K are not in step with the realities of the existing mixed-delivery system."
Manchin Just Downsized the Democrats’ Massive Education Spending Plans
Free community college, universal pre-k may be trimmed to win passage of package.
New Polling Shows the K-12 Covid Fights Aren’t Going Anywhere
Teachers, administrators, and school boards will be squeezed between two angry, distrustful camps
No, the Evidence Does Not Support Racial ‘Affinity Spaces’ in Schools
Supporters routinely assert that there’s evidence to justify this practice, despite a startling lack of research actually supporting it.
Make Transparency the Pandemic’s Educational Legacy
Zoom classes and cameras in hybrid classrooms allow parents to appreciate terrific teachers, see what a child is learning, and intervene when necessary.
How a Turbocharged Child Tax Credit Could Electrify School Choice
States could offer to match the money if parents spend it on education
Social Media’s Like Tossing a ’Tween the Keys to a Harley
"Schools would benefit from thinking about social media not as a few apps embedded in a ’tween’s phone but as sophisticated, double-edged tools."
How to Improve Teaching After the Pandemic
It’s wholly possible for schools to figure out how to leverage staff more effectively; it’s just not the way teachers’ work has traditionally been organized.
