Year: 2026

High School Reform for Dummies

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I keep having the same conversation. A self-assured school leader or funder will tell me about a cutting-edge high school model that’s thriving in the “age of AI.” They’ll invariably describe schools rich with projects, “design thinking,” tech, and socially conscious activity. They’ll share tales of graduates accepted by prestigious colleges or offered ...

Will England Bring Back Selective Public High Schools? – by Chester E. Finn, Jr.

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British prime minister Theresa May has set off a royal dust-up with her proposal to loosen England’s half-century-old shackles on grammar schools, the British term for selective-admission public secondary schools focused on preparation for university. Back in the 1940’s and 50’s, England had a “tripartite” system of secondary education (not including old-line, private-pay prep ...

In the News: What Really Happened At The School Where Every Graduate Got Into College – by Education Next

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Last June, NPR reported a good news story about a high school in Washington, D.C. where every student had been accepted to college. However, further research conducted this fall by NPR and local affiliate WAMU revealed that many of those students should not have graduated from high school. Kate McGee writes: We reviewed hundreds of pages of Ballou’s attendance records, cl...

In the News: 50 Years Later, What America Still Hasn’t Learned From the Coleman Report – by Education Next

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In the 74, Matt Barnum writes about the legacy of the Coleman Report fifty years after it was released One theme seemed to emerge: Newer research has led to a better understanding of the points made by the Coleman Report, but progress has often been disappointing in addressing many of the problems — including segregation, poverty and the achievement gap — related to educational...