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9.9.2026

High Tech, Low Standards: High School in the Age of Distraction

Brian R. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

A new national survey finds that school-issued devices, AI misuse, and grade inflation are undermining learning and leaving many students feeling unprepared for the future.

10.29.2025

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10.1.2026

A comprehensive list of the responses to the Nikole Hannah-Jones article

The Education Gadfly
Nikole Hannah-Jones
10.15.2026

AI, messy jobs, and the future of schooling

Michael J. Petrilli
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10.12.2026

Let’s actually educate today’s learners, not deskill them

Patrick Riccards
Wonkathon
10.8.2026

Apply premises liability principles to ed tech

Jordan Posamentier
Wonkathon
10.8.2026

A new documentary film chronicling the life and legacy of Rod Paige

Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Rod Paige
10.8.2026

School districts shouldn’t wait for the state to intervene

Miguel Solis
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10.6.2026

Advanced education is common sense

Jonathan Plucker
Hands raised
10.15.2026

How funding and accountability reforms helped fix charter schools in Ohio

Aaron Churchill, Chad L. Aldis
Road curve
10.15.2026

Nikole Hannah-Jones and what schools can fix

Dale Chu
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10.15.2026

Merit-based free community college doesn’t sacrifice bachelor’s degrees

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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10.12.2026

Assuming a frictionless surface: We need a revolution in how we approach “evidence” for ed tech

Thomas Briggs
Wonkathon
10.8.2026

Parent dialogue and radical transparency: A school-by-school, responsive approach to digital technology use

Bridget K. Cherry
Wonkathon
10.8.2026

Does education reform have regrets?

Andy Smarick
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10.8.2026

Defining high-wage, high-growth jobs available without a four-year degree

Jeff Murray
College graduates
10.2.2026

My son needed to leave his school, but I did not: A reflection on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay

Selim Tlili
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Ohio

10.13.2026

NCTQ lays bare Ohio’s backward approach to paying teachers

Aaron Churchill
10.12.2026

Three ways Ohio can tackle its persistent chronic absenteeism problem

Jessica Poiner
10.9.2026

Industry credentials committee undermines the state’s new and improved framework

Aaron Churchill
10.6.2026

State report cards set the baseline for math improvement in Ohio

Jessica Poiner
10.2.2026

Ohio charter schools’ performance in 2025–26

Aaron Churchill
10.9.2026

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.9.26

Jeff Murray
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