Christian Barnard writes for the Martin Center about a conservative approach to higher education. It’s no secret that higher ed reformers have struggled to offer a compelling alternative to free…
The call to reopen public schools has been gaining volume of late. Parents and students are clamoring for school to open while others say schools still aren’t safe to open.…
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon looks into recent troubling signs in American education. American schoolchildren’s educational attainment has stagnated in the 21st century, according to data from…
Today, Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute released the 2019 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. The rankings examine the influence of academics who write about education policy. Only two scholars…
Rick Hess’s U.S. News and World Report op-ed, “The Real Promise of School Choice,” is really fantastic. Here’s the grand irony: While choice advocates tend to talk mechanistically about the…
Rick Hess and Brendan Bell discuss bias in mainstream media coverage of education matters. They write, We searched news articles, while avoiding opinion pieces, in the New York Times, USA…
Last week, Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute posted a few observations about contemporary political discourse. It includes a noteworthy anecdote. Example: I was at Columbia University earlier this…
Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and the Rick Hess: Straight Up blog drops some knowledge. My point is not that my friends on the left are necessarily wrong.…
There are basically two national yearly polls on how the public feels towards education: Gallup/Phi Delta Kappa & Education Next. Both polls have asked questions regarding Common Core since 2010. This…
The latest education controversy in our state involves the AP History course that was revised recently by the College Board. Critics say it’s biased and doesn’t adequately explore the principles…
View in your browser. Welcome The national debate about the revised Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History course has arrived in North Carolina. Are there legitimate concerns about the course? You…
According to WWAY in Wilmington, “Brunswick County Schools Superintendent Edward Pruden never imagined the can of worms he would open when he suggested tweaking the staggered schedule plan.” Apparently, that…