Research

Sciencephobia

Why education rejects randomized experiments

Learning English

New evidence on the effectiveness of bilingual education

Quantity over Quality

Ever-declining class sizes and teachers' dwindling pay have a common explanation: the increasing price of skilled labor

Unrequited Promise

Tracing the evolution of New American Schools, from feisty upstart to bulwark of the education establishment

High Stakes in Chicago

Are Chicago’s rising test scores genuine?

The Human Capital Century

Has U.S. leadership come to an end?

To Catch a Cheat

The pressures of accountability may encourage school personnel to doctor the results from high-stakes tests. Here’s how to stop them.

The Revolving Door

A path-breaking study of teachers in Texas reveals that working conditions matter more than salary

The Politics of No Child Left Behind

The scene in January 2002 was a civics text come to life. Flanked by...

Tug of War

The Right wants schools to inculcate civic values. So does the Left. Which is why the public schools should avoid civic education altogether

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