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Wonkathon 2026: What rules should govern the uses of digital technology in schools—and who should set them?
For 12 years now, we at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have hosted an annual Wonkathon on our Flypaper blog to generate substantive conversation around key issues in education reform. If you’re keen to jump in—and we hope you are—please let us know and indicate when we can expect your draft. Submissions are due by Friday, October 30, 2026.
The Education Gadfly 9.29.2026
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Using knowledge-building curriculum doesn’t guarantee “robust” reading comprehension
Natalie Wexler 1.9.2026
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What we’re reading: January 9, 2026
The Education Gadfly 1.9.2026
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Cheers and Jeers: January 9, 2026
The Education Gadfly 1.9.2026
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A generation that doesn’t know what time it is
Dale Chu 1.8.2026
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How charter schools should approach innovation
Thibaut Delloue 1.8.2026
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The education research handbook that never closes
Bruno V. Manno 1.8.2026
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Impacts of student-teacher gender matching in elementary grades
Jeff Murray 1.8.2026
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Summer school as an effective post-pandemic academic intervention
Julia Hayes 1.8.2026
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An Education State of the Union | Episode 1000 of The Education Gadfly Show
Frederick M. Hess, Tom Loveless, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith, Ph.D. 1.7.2026
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Remembering Lou Gerstner
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.5.2026
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Why 2025 was a good year for education reform
Michael J. Petrilli 12.18.2025
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Some predictions about AI in education in 2026
Emily Freitag 12.18.2025
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