Governance and Leadership

Incumbent Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, his wife Casey and their children on stage after speaking to supporters at an election night party after winning his race for reelection in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

What the 2022 Midterm Election Results Will Mean for Education Policy

The 2022 midterm elections were always going to offer voters a dubious choice. They could...

Teachers Pay to Mail Falsehoods to Massachusetts Voters

In costly campaign for tax increase, misleading claims about revenues, rates

In Georgia, Candidates for Governor Clash on Education Issues

“People are tired of their kids being indoctrinated in the classroom,” Kemp says, as a teachers union backs a Republican for state school superintendent.
President George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law, with Representative George Miller and Senator Edward Kennedy behind him (from left)

20 Years Ago, NCLB Kinda, Sorta Worked. That’s the Problem

The legacy of a policy, good or bad, can long outlive the political moment that shapes it

It’s Time to Eliminate School Boards

They began as a good-government reform. They’ve become obsolete political appendages.

Kissinger Warns on Education Wokeness as National Security Threat

Excessive focus on “shortcomings” of history could impair capacity to act internationally, he says

Tax Tenure?

Unionized teachers are pouring money into a campaign to impose a new tax on millionaires in Massachusetts. They might want to be careful.
Governor Lamont, a Democrat, has condemned the reported statements and called for an investigation.

“If they’re Catholic? Conservative. . . . You don’t hire them.”

Assistant principal of Connecticut public school is put on leave after undercover taping
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right.

Biden Announces Student Loan Forgiveness

“Akin to sending a check,” one scholar said

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