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Some recent studies of the impact of school choice have found only a limited impact on academic achievement but larger positive effects on long-term outcomes like attainment and earnings. What could account for this? In this episode of the podcast, Paul talks with Marty West about his new working paper on the impact of school choice on non-cognitive skills. Follow The Educati...

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Governor Charlie Baker speaks at commencement exercises for the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2019. A large swath of the America public has lost faith in higher education. Worse, colleges and universities are facing new and growing challenges related to funding, enrollment, artificial intelligence, athletics, and more. Higher education needs a s...

Even if you’ve put yourself on an Eva Moskowitz diet like Richard Whitmire, you might want to check out Elizabeth Green’s piece in the Atlantic on Success Academy and the growth of charter school networks more generally. Green’s article is a thoughtful reflection on the trend, beginning with the positive. Of all the reforms that have set out to free schools fr...

/* custom css */ .tdi_2_9af{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_92e{ vertical-align: baseline; } During the 2020 presidential primaries, Democratic candidates proposed forgiving $640 billion in outstanding federal student-loan debt. Proponents of loan forgiveness argue that this deb...

Apprenticeship does something American education and workforce training policy too rarely gets right. It blends learning and earning instead of forcing people to choose between school and work. National Apprenticeship Week (this year from April 26 to May 2) celebrates this practical but still underused pathway to opportunity. But the occasion demands mo...

/* custom css */ .tdi_10_999{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_12_caa{ vertical-align: baseline; } In 2011, when the Occupy Wall Street movement called the nation’s attention to the wealth-and-income gaps between the top 1 percent of the population and everyone else, activists began...

Earlier this month, Yale University’s ten-member Committee on Trust in Higher Education issued a bracing, 58-page report on what’s driven plunging trust in higher ed. The committee was formed a year ago by Yale president Maurie McInnis amidst Trump 2.0’s early onslaught. McInnis charged the committee with determining why confidence in higher ed was at a...

The Education Exchange · Ep. 440 – April 27, 2026 – The Devaluing of College Professors Samuel Abrams, professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Abrams recent op-ed in Real Clear Politics, “The Real Crisis in Higher Education Isn’t Just Ideology, It’s Faculty Decline.” ...