Governance and Leadership
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 24) about the effect of the stimulus package on education, a sector that has proven to be very good at job creation.
Saving Jobs or Stimulating Reform?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 24) about the effect of the stimulus package on education, a sector that has proven to be very good at job creation.
Governance and Leadership
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 19) about what the results of the 2009 off-year elections mean for education.
Election Postmortem
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 19) about what the results of the 2009 off-year elections mean for education.
Governance and Leadership
Video: Andy Smarick talks with Education Next about why the Obama administration needs to rethink its embrace of turnarounds and adopt a new strategy for the nation's persistently failing schools.
Should Failing Schools Be Fixed or Closed?
Video: Andy Smarick talks with Education Next about why the Obama administration needs to rethink its embrace of turnarounds and adopt a new strategy for the nation's persistently failing schools. 
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D.C.’s Braveheart
Can Michelle Rhee wrest control of the D.C. school system from decades of failure?
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The Turnaround Fallacy
Stop trying to fix failing schools. Close them and start fresh.
Governance and Leadership
Fraud in the Lunchroom?
Federal school-lunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty
Governance and Leadership
What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?
We get more minority teachers and test scores rise
Governance and Leadership
Accountability Overboard
Massachusetts poised to toss out the nation's most successful reforms
Governance and Leadership
New York City’s Education Battles
The mayor, the schools, and the "rinky-dink candy store"
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Take Away Their Cellphones
… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
Proving the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Stricter middle schools raise the risk of adult arrests
The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2021
The pandemic and race dominate the discussion—for a second year.
