Voters’ choice of which party they have more confidence in to handle education has been a frequent topic of this newsletter. While there have been points at which education has been a more competitive issue — the most recent of which was shortly after former Governor Glenn Youngkin’s election in
Colleges and universities have found themselves facing new challenges over the last year, a sentence we’ve written — in one form or another — about higher education several times over the last several years. The forecasted demographic cliff is starting or soon to hit. To boost enrollment, some schools are
The Tuesday after the unofficial end of summer brought news that was on balance bad, but not wholly unexpected from the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results. The biggest headline was in reading. Between 2022 and 2025, US 15-year-olds’ reading scores dropped a precipitous 14 points. This mirrors
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel, Center for Education Reform founder Jeanne Allen spoke at length about all the positive developments related to school choice happening around the country. As she discussed the current environment, Allen also described the dynamics of the last several years
Earlier this month, the National Center for Education Statistics released the preliminary findings of its state/NAEP standards mapping study. For this initial research while the full report is prepared, researchers analyzed the shares of students reaching proficient on each state’s annual math and reading assessments and identifies the corresponding NAEP
At the end of last week, philanthropist and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg took to the virtual pages of Bloomberg with an op-ed with a straightforward thesis: “We can’t fix America’s schools without data.” The piece is a full-throated defense of using assessment data to help improve our nation’s public schools, and of