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Month: March 2026
A well known fact: Larry Page & Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google went to Montessori School.
A 2006 study comparing outcomes of children at a public inner-city Montessori school with children who attended traditional schools in the US provided evidence that Montessori education leads to children with better social and academic skills. Among the many celebrities…
The Association of Executive Functioning With Academic, Behavior, and Social Performance Ratings in Children With ADHD
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Ahead of Print. This study investigated the association of a performance-based measure of executive functioning (EF) with academic, social, and behavioral performance ratings in a convenience sample of 153 children aged 5 to 12 (78% male,…
EdNext Podcast: The Never-Ending Battle to Protect Charter School Autonomy
Hot Takes on AI and Education
Each week during the football season, ESPN’s Dan Graziano pens a column that reacts to the most popular hot takes of the moment, judging whether they’re overreactions or on-point. It’s a useful device I’ve occasionally borrowed. Well, as readers know, the emergence of AI has produced a bonfire of hot takes about what it all means for education. Three an...
The Education Exchange: Most Progressive College Professors Exclude Alternatives Views
The Education Exchange · Ep. 436 – March 30, 2026 – Most Progressive College Professors Exclude Alternatives Views
Jon Shields, a professor of American politics in the government department at Claremont McKenna College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Shields’ latest research, which uses the Open Syllabus database to see how contenti...
In the News: Teacher Professional Development – Many Choices, Few Quality Checks – by Education Next
Teachers in most states need to earn a certain number of professional development credits in order to renew their licenses, but as Stephen Sawchuk explains in Ed Week’s Teacher magazine, what we have today is “a bewildering array of providers offering education credits” and nobody in charge of ensuring quality.
Sawchuk’s article looks at the range of opt...
In the News: New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Should Protect This Crucial Program – by Education Next
The D.C. public school system will soon have a new leader. Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews urges the new chancellor to protect a successful program that supports teacher visits to the homes of their students to talk with parents.
Almost no other school districts do this. The vast majority fear that teachers don’t have time for it and that it would cost too much and be too...







