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Jay Mathews

Jay Mathews is an education columnist for the Washington Post. His eighth book about schools, just published, is: An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education.

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What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools

Most students are capable of much more learning than they are asked to do

By Jay Mathews

Charter Schools

Challenge Index 2020

Please see “What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools,” by Jay Mathews, for a fuller account of the reasoning behind and history of these rankings.

By Jay Mathews

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