David Labaree

Opinion | Toxic femininity and the rise of cancel culture Female aggression may have fueled the Great Awokening but it won’t end civilization.

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NEPC just posted my essay Do No Harm: Reflections on the Impact of Educational Research as its blog post of the day.
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Nostalgia's not what it used to be Or, how I got screwed

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Labaree About Navigating Education's Competing Goals - NEPC Talks Education <p>University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the tensions shaping American education and how recent developments in AI and school choice po...

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The Great Reinvention of Childhood How American childhood was radically reengineered over the past 70 years—and not in ways that serve children

The Great Reinvention of Childhood
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Superintelligence Isn’t Enough AI has many answers—but it can’t by itself build a new society.

Superintelligence Isn’t Enough
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America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints If the economy's single pillar goes down, Trump's presidency will be seen as a disaster.

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In praise of frivolous research Let 1000 flowers bloom

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The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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Change in cereal production, yield, land use and population All figures are indexed to the start year of the timeline. This means the first year of the time-series is given the value zero.

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Does the news reflect what we die from? What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?

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Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed — especially those who are pessimistic about the future The majority of people believe that the share of people in extreme poverty is rising. The opposite is true.

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Physical Fitness Shape the hell up, America.

Dave Barry's fitness test
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Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice Scholar/ Practitioner's thoughts on education

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Trump's UN General Assembly Speech, by the numbers Unsurprisingly, nearly half of Donald Trump’s 2025 U.N. speech wasn’t about the world at all — it was about himself — a staggering 46% of his 424 sentences, d…

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Colleges are not all the same Let’s stop with the stereotypes

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Opinion | The Quiet Triumph of King Charles III

Real kings are better than wannabe kings.

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The NEPC just published my piece, The Dysfunctional Pursuit of Relevance in Educational Research, as its blog post of the day.
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Opinion | What Should I Get Paid When a Chatbot Eats My Books?

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Child mortality rate Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

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The Revolt of the Rich Kids Armed with Ivy League diplomas and cultural capital but locked out of wealth and status, this disaffected class is fueling America’s new radicalism, writes Rob Henderson for The Free Press.

The Revolt of the Rich Kids
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‘The Highest Exam’ Review: China’s Big Test Students who sit for college-entrance exams in China have reached the culmination of years of preparation. The outcome can have far-reaching effects.

Students who sit for college-entrance exams in China have reached the culmination of years of preparation. The outcome can have far-reaching effects.
Sounds horrible.
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An old cartoon whose time has come.

The death of the corporate job. Last week, I had coffee with someone who works at a big consulting firm.

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