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11.19.2020

The case for Sonja Santelises as the twelfth U.S. Secretary of Education

Dale Chu

When it comes to education and the incoming Biden administration, all eyes are on who is put forward, likely before the year is out, as the next secretary of education.

11.5.2020

Finding inspiration in Idaho voters

Terry Ryan
Podcast
10.29.2020

The Education Gadfly Show: Coping with the costs of declining enrollments

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Karen Hawley Miles
Report
8.7.2020

Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck

Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright
11.5.2020

For better or worse, religiously-affiliated charter schools are on their way

Michael J. Petrilli
10.29.2020

Teacher improvement during the first ten years

David Griffith
10.22.2020

Strategies to help schools navigate the Covid-19 cash crunch

Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright
Report
6.16.2020

Moonshot for Education: A Federal Policy Proposal to Spur Effective Research and Development for K-12 Education

Thomas B. Fordham Institute
11.5.2020

Our aging population will end this golden era of school spending

Andrew J. Rotherham
11.5.2020

Are schools essential or not?

Chester E. Finn, Jr.
10.15.2020

Partisanship and American education

Ashley Rogers Berner
10.29.2020

About those 12th grade NAEP scores: The cake was (mostly) baked years ago

Michael J. Petrilli
10.22.2020

How charter supporters can win over Joe Biden

Michael J. Petrilli
10.29.2020

Gifted education done right benefits Black and Hispanic children. It’s not inherently racist.

Brandon L. Wright
Report
8.25.2020

Schooling Covid-19: Lessons from leading charter networks from their transition to remote learning

Gregg Vanourek
Podcast
10.14.2020

The Education Gadfly Show: Lemov and Woolway on teaching like a champion—online

Michael J. Petrilli, Doug Lemov, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Erica Woolway
11.5.2020

Cancel partisan politics to reopen our schools safely and sensibly

Victoria McDougald

Ohio

11.12.2020

Default Settings: How Ohio can nudge teachers toward a more secure retirement

Chad Aldeman
11.16.2020

Here’s how federal guidance on school accountability in the Covid era could impact Ohio

Jessica Poiner
11.11.2020

The Cupp-Patterson plan still faces tough questions

Aaron Churchill
10.5.2020

Why are graduation rates soaring?

Aaron Churchill
11.12.2020

You belong: Black Girl, White School

Jeff Murray
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September 2020

Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

Adam Tyner, Sarah Kabourek

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What the election means for education reform

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