News
In Pandemic, Private Schools Face Peril
Policy choices may help to preserve options for families
School Choice
If Many More Private Schools Close, All Schools Will Suffer
Biden, Moynihan, and Goldwater once teamed up on a tuition tax-credit. Could something similar happen now?
News
The Price Students Pay When Schools Are Closed
Seven ways children, and the nation, lose out when school buildings do not open
News
Homeschool Happens Everywhere
Less formal instruction, but more family and community activities
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
The New Accountability Assignment
Post-Covid, judge schools based on what they ask students to read, write, and do, in addition to how much students learn.
Technology
What Google Search Data Reveals About Learning During the Pandemic
“Substantially widened socioeconomic gaps.”
News
Reopening Resilient Schools
With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open
Charter Schools
“No Excuses High,” Trapped by Its Own Success?
Highly regimented charter schools deliver the test results, but their methods may be ill-suited to the independent realities of college life.
Book Reviews
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
News
What American Families Experienced When Covid-19 Closed Their Schools
Parents report little contact with teachers and less student learning, but also broad satisfaction; charter and private schools provide more opportunities for student-teacher interaction