The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...

The new Superman is a solid, kid-friendly movie with healthy, old-school values. That wouldn’t seem to merit comment, except ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas ...

The voucher program revitalized some private schools, led to the creation of others, and expanded competition citywide. But ...

Coherence? Professionalism? High academic achievement? Gee, seems worth studying.

Thankfully, the brave advocates and policymakers who fought for these consumer protections during the 20th century didn’t ...

Robert Enlow, the President and CEO of EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the tax credit scholarship provision that ...

Hero and villain of school policy researchThis article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational ...

The state of Massachusetts introduced a system of standardized testing in its public schools three years before the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated such practices for all 50 states.

States are the “laboratory” of democracy, opined Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. That laboratory swung into action when states introduced substantially different policies as Covid-19 swept ...

Four years ago, in the shadow of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak, veteran Woodland Park High School chemistry teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams stumbled onto an idea. Struggling to find the time to ...