A Head Start center in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of about 1,600 in operation across the U.S. as of late 2025. A proposed ...

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District leaders may be starting to see there’s more to be gained from embracing school choice than trying to eliminate it Anna J. Egalite The Browns are emblematic of the type of family that had sent ...

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Do parents have the right to opt their children out of instruction covering gender transition, pride parades, and same-sex romance? Parents rally outside the U.S. District Court in Montgomery County, ...

Mike Miles, the superintendent of Houston Independent School District, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Miles’ new book, By Design: How to Transform School Systems. This is the Education Exchange ...

Dan Hamlin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Hamlin’s latest research, which looks to measure the growth and impact of microschools in ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Dan Hamlin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas ...

To remain relevant amid evolving attitudes toward higher education, Brandeis University and institutions like it are redefining their purpose ...

In education policy and public debate, we often talk about students from “low-income” families. That descriptor is typically based on data from the National School Lunch Program, which provides ...

From WORK HARD BE NICE by Jay Mathews. (c) 2009 by Jay Mathews. Reprinted by permission of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. All rights reserved. In 1994, fresh from a ...