Month: July 2024
Is the U.S. Constitution colorblind? – by External Relations, Education Next
Contact: Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, jackie.kerstetter@educationnext.org, Education Next Is the U.S. Constitution colorblind? Revisiting the meaning of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision through the lens of Justice Scalia’s rulings June 15, 2017—At a time of heightened racial…
High School of the Future by Joanne Jacobs
Support Builds For Making the SAT Untimed For Everyone – by Greg Toppo
Where are All the Special Educators?
Is there a shortage of special education teachers in America’s public schools? If so, why? And how can policymakers fix it? The first question sounds like an easy one. Yes, there is a shortage of special education teachers. In 2023–24,…
Betsy DeVos’s Team Stumbles on ESSA – by Michael J. Petrilli
A Really, Truly Nonpartisan (We Mean It) Memo from Your Favorite Education Philanthropy
Fʀᴏᴍ: Executive Director of the Benefactors of Learning Organized Boldly (BLOB) Tᴏ: Our Valued Members and Allies Sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ: Combating Polarization in 2024 and Beyond Dear Friends, We’re just months away from a momentous presidential election, one that’s unfolding against a…
The Education Exchange: ESSER Funds May Have Slightly Boosted Achievement in Math, Not Reading
Dan Goldhaber, the Director of the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Goldhaber’s research, which estimates the effect of federal ESSER funds on K-12 schools in 2023. “ESSER and Student…
Race, Response to Intervention, and Reading Research
Journal of Literacy Research, Ahead of Print. In this critique, race is centralized to draw attention to the role it plays in the complex evolution of response to intervention, past and present. I use a critical race theory analytical lens…




