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A Nation at Risk

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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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Cheers and Jeers: May 1, 2026

The Education Gadfly 5.1.2026
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Ohio should make the 180-day school year the norm again

Aaron Churchill 4.28.2026
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Trump needs to call Lamar

Andy Smarick 3.20.2025
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Disappointment and hope: K–12’s biggest stories from 2023

Dale Chu 12.21.2023
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Liberty and civic education

David Davenport, Mark C. Schug 11.16.2023
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“A Nation at Risk” still has a message for today, forty years later

Bruno V. Manno 4.28.2023
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In defense of education culture wars

Daniel Buck 4.27.2023
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“A Nation at Risk” warned of “a rising tide of mediocrity.” Forty years later, little has changed.

Morgan Polikoff 4.21.2023
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The future of exam schools

Hilde Kahn 11.8.2022
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Blinding ourselves to America’s achievement woes

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.16.2021
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Remembering Bob Slavin

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.28.2021
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