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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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Screens, AI, and grade inflation are hollowing out the American high school experience
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli 9.10.2026
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What Massachusetts’s portrait of a learner gets right (and New York’s doesn’t)
Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 9.10.2026
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Is this the post-homework era?
Alicia Anderson 9.10.2026
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Fewer students, more dollars, and harder choices
Mike McShane 9.10.2026
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I parented the opposite of “Young Sheldon.” Here’s how that worked out.
Alina Adams 9.9.2026
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Too much tech, too little learning? | Episode 1033 of The Education Gadfly Show
Brian R. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.9.2026
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What we’re reading: September 4, 2026
The Education Gadfly 9.4.2026
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Cheers and Jeers: September 4, 2026
The Education Gadfly 9.4.2026
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America’s oldest school model may be its future
Stephanie Saroki de Garcia 9.3.2026
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Don’t just defend or destroy the National Center for Education Statistics. Rebuild it.
Bruno V. Manno 9.3.2026
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Education got there first? The breakdown of traditional left-right delineations.
Andrew J. Rotherham 9.3.2026
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Examining outcomes-based contracting in eight pilot districts
Jeff Murray 9.3.2026
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