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Behind Penny Schwinn’s Withdrawal as Deputy Secretary at ED Former Tennessee chief’s retreat reflects deeper fight over K–12 culture wars among MAGA Republicans

Behind Penny Schwinn’s Withdrawal as Deputy Secretary at ED: Former Tennessee chief’s retreat reflects deeper fight over K–12 culture wars among MAGA Republicans. bit.ly/4olTbbt

Education Secretary Rachel Maddow Embraces the Trump Doctrine President Ocasio-Cortez’s ed chief leverages precedents of 2025 set in K–12, higher ed

Education Secretary Rachel Maddow Embraces the Trump Doctrine: President Ocasio-Cortez’s ed chief leverages precedents of 2025 set in K–12, higher ed. bit.ly/4m5uDSG

Milton Friedman's Foresight The wisdom and wins of a 70-year-old essay that—I admit—I never really liked

Milton Friedman’s Foresight: The wisdom and wins of a 70-year-old essay that—I admit—I never really liked. bit.ly/4lW5jyi

The Education Exchange: How Will the Next Mayor of New York City Govern Its Public Schools? Paul E. Peterson interviews Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University

Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, joins the Education Exchange to discuss the New York City mayoral race, and what it could mean for education in the city. bit.ly/4mb6nhj

<em>Education Next</em>’s Bright Future Online Why now is the right time for a shift in our publication strategy

Education Next’s Bright Future Online: Why now is the right time for a shift in our publication strategy. bit.ly/46qr1FK

Smart regulations? Why didn’t you say so! Over-regulation and under-regulation of school choice are two sides of the same bad coin

Smart regulations? Why didn’t you say so! Over-regulation and under-regulation of school choice are two sides of the same bad coin. bit.ly/418Mr6J

What Joe Rogan and Ken Burns Can Teach Us About History Class Large audiences flock to their content, suggesting a hunger for knowledge that schools need to be able to satisfy

What Joe Rogan and Ken Burns Can Teach Us About History Class: Large audiences flock to their content, suggesting a hunger for knowledge that schools need to be able to satisfy. bit.ly/46mEcYn

School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic Public education sees shrinking middle schools and an exodus of wealthy, white, and Asian students

School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic: Public education sees shrinking middle schools and an exodus of wealthy, white, and Asian students. bit.ly/4509yS4

Why Are Right-Wing Trolls Bashing <em>Superman</em>? If you’re looking for old-school values at the movies, you could do much worse than the Man of Steel reboot

Why Are Right-Wing Trolls Bashing Superman? If you’re looking for old-school values at the movies, you could do much worse than the Man of Steel reboot. bit.ly/44Hf51c

What Can We Learn from the Nation’s Oldest Voucher Program? Scholars draw contrasting lessons from Milwaukee’s 35-year experiment in private-school choice

What Can We Learn from the Nation’s Oldest Voucher Program? Scholars draw contrasting lessons from Milwaukee’s 35-year experiment in private-school choice. bit.ly/4lXNw9C

Time to Pay Attention to Louisiana and the “Southern Surge” Coherence? Professionalism? High academic achievement? Gee, seems worth studying.

Time to Pay Attention to Louisiana and the “Southern Surge” — Coherence? Professionalism? High academic achievement? Gee, seems worth studying. bit.ly/4kADji0

Making Sense of <em>Mahmoud v. Taylor</em> The Supreme Court’s ruling likely won’t end classroom content controversies

Making Sense of Mahmoud v. Taylor: The Supreme Court’s ruling likely won’t end classroom content controversies. bit.ly/44Ffuj8

The Education Exchange: Magnet Schools: The Dark Horse of School Choice Paul E. Peterson interviews Matthew Lenard, assistant professor of education leadership and policy studies at Florida State University

Matthew Lenard, an assistant professor of education leadership and policy studies at Florida State University, is this week's guest on the Education Exchange podcast. bit.ly/44O3gGe

Students Are Anxious about the Future with A.I. Their Parents Are, Too. The fast-growing technology is pushing families to rethink the value of college

Students Are Anxious about the Future with A.I. Their Parents Are, Too. The fast-growing technology is pushing families to rethink the value of college. bit.ly/3IkI7e8

College Counseling in the Classroom A low-cost approach improves postsecondary planning and outcomes

College Counseling in the Classroom: A low-cost approach improves postsecondary planning and outcomes. bit.ly/4lkiSax

How to Resist the Destructive Self-Indulgence of Teachers on a Soapbox Four lessons to help educators conscientiously object to the culture wars

How to Resist the Destructive Self-Indulgence of Teachers on a Soapbox: Four lessons to help educators conscientiously object to the culture wars. bit.ly/4nxJkyK

Parents Win Key Supreme Court Test in <em>Mahmoud v. Taylor</em> The decision could strengthen the case for universal school choice

Parents Win Key Supreme Court Test in Mahmoud v. Taylor: The decision could strengthen the case for universal school choice. What comes next? bit.ly/4lbo7Jx

What D.C. and Dallas Are Proving about Teacher Salaries Performance-related reforms pioneered in these cities have not caught on in the rest of the U.S.

What D.C. and Dallas Are Proving about Teacher Salaries: Performance-related reforms pioneered in these cities have not caught on in the rest of the U.S. bit.ly/4ljCLP6

The Psychology of Voters Rejecting School Choice Another slew of choice referendum defeats can be explained by an aversion to losing what’s in hand over gaining something new

The Psychology of Voters Rejecting School Choice: Another slew of choice referendum defeats can be explained by an aversion to losing what’s in hand over gaining something new. bit.ly/3GqhdAY

The Education Exchange: Public School Enrollments Down 2 Percent Since 2020 Paul E. Peterson interviews Joshua Goodman, Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Boston University

Interested in recent changes in public school enrollment patterns but don't have time to read?

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The New World Order of Education A new book about pro wrestling’s uber-villains offers instructive parallels to our education cage matches

The New World Order of Education: A new book about pro wrestling’s uber-villains offers instructive parallels to our education cage matches. bit.ly/40jA73p

Which Party Really Has the Edge on Education? Recent surveys offer contradictory results about whether voters prefer Democratic or Republican governance over schools

Which Party Really Has the Edge on Education? Recent surveys offer contradictory results about whether voters prefer Democratic or Republican governance over schools. bit.ly/3T580kn

Measuring Student Potential—with Genetics How DNA analysis may be able to predict education attainment

Measuring Student Potential—with Genetics: How DNA analysis may be able to predict education attainment. bit.ly/3ZGvUGE

School Choice Should Take the Road Less Traveled As reformers reach a fork in the road, we already know which way to go

School Choice Should Take the Road Less Traveled: As reformers reach a fork in the road, we already know which way to go. bit.ly/3ZHUkzo

Educators Must Adapt to AI, but They Need Help OpenAI is missing an opportunity to shepherd higher ed through the most disruptive innovation since the printing press

Educators Must Adapt to AI, but They Need Help: OpenAI is missing an opportunity to shepherd higher ed through the most disruptive innovation since the printing press. bit.ly/4jZbIad

The Education Exchange: The Illusion of Local Control of Schools Paul E. Peterson interviews Vladimir Kogan, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University.

The Education Exchange: The Illusion of Local Control of Schools. School boards churn despite uncontested elections, with politics largely detached from student outcomes. bit.ly/4n9B5ci

We Need a Post-BS Civics Education Cut the crap and get back to the business of teaching young citizens about rules, processes, and institutions

We Need a Post-BS Civics Education: Cut the crap and get back to the business of teaching young citizens about rules, processes, and institutions. bit.ly/401WjP1

When School Board Elections Lose Their Voice School governance often takes a detour around the democratic ideal of accountability

When School Board Elections Lose Their Voice: School governance often takes a detour around the democratic ideal of accountability. bit.ly/3ZrnMK2

John Arnold’s Instructive Retreat from Ed Reform The big philanthropists have been leaving the K–12 shores. Why?

John Arnold’s Instructive Retreat from Ed Reform: The big philanthropists have been leaving the K–12 shores. Why? bit.ly/4mRUKwZ

Five Thoughts on Reforming the Institute of Education Sciences Where to start picking up after DOGE and rebuilding an IES that works

Five Thoughts on Reforming the Institute of Education Sciences: Where to start picking up after DOGE and rebuilding an IES that works. bit.ly/3ZKsO4v