The Education Exchange: Public Education’s No Good, Very Bad Century (So Far)

Since 2000, the performance gap between the top and bottom district schools has grown, but not at charters and DOD schools

Photo of M. Danish ShakeelM. Danish Shakeel, a Professor and the director of the E. G. West Centre for Education Policy at The University of Buckingham, UK, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Shakeel’s latest research, which investigates achievement and inequality trends in the United States between 2005 and 2024.

The Nation’s Achievement Inequality Report Card: An Assessment of Test Score and Equality Trends in Traditional Public, Charter, Catholic, and Department of Defense Schools,” co-written with Misty Gallo and Patrick J. Wolf, is available now.

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