In school-choice circles, Milton Friedman’s 1955 essay “ The Role of Government in Education ” is considered a (if not the) seminal text. It’s often credited with being the first to propose a ...

Large audiences flock to their content, suggesting a hunger for knowledge that schools need to be able to satisfy ...

Goodman, J., and Francis, A. (2025). “ School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic: Public education sees ...

The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...

Over-regulation and under-regulation of school choice are two sides of the same bad coin ...

The new Superman is a solid, kid-friendly movie with healthy, old-school values. That wouldn’t seem to merit comment, except that the Very Online right has bizarrely attacked this movie as “woke.” As ...

Thankfully, the brave advocates and policymakers who fought for these consumer protections during the 20th century didn’t have the leaders of the modern education choice movement whispering in their ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas ...

This article appeared in the Winter 2019 issue of Education Next. Suggested citation format: Bempechat, J. (2019). The Case for (Quality) Homework: Why it improves learning, and how parents can help.

Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the New York City mayoral race, and what it could mean for ...

This article appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of Education Next. Suggested citation format: Edwards, F. (2012). Do Schools Begin Too Early? The effect of start times on student achievement. Education ...

More than 40 states plan to assess student performance with new tests tied to the Common Core State Standards. In summer 2013, results from Common Core–aligned tests in New York showed a steep decline ...