Opinion

Education Reform

The Education Department is navigating a new crisis after the Trump administration moved to eliminate employees working in programs it opposes under cover of the government shutdown. Submitting to ...
The Republican-led House Education Committee has unveiled sweeping federal higher education reforms, aiming to curb tuition costs and student debt. The ambitious plan caps annual federal aid at the ...
California’s education system is on the brink of a major transformation. In 2025, the state legislature passed several sweeping bills designed to reshape how its K-12 public schools operate — from ...
Republicans and Democrats across the country can seem hopelessly divided these days. But there is a path to common ground in a cause with proven bipartisan appeal: education reform. We recognize that ...
As the results of the election came into focus Tuesday night, Chuck Todd made a keen observation on NBC: Republicans’ biggest gains among Hispanic voters came in Florida and Texas, states that “have ...
Once a sleepy policy area on the national scale, higher education is now a central issue making headlines in the overall political discourse. Believe it or not, the education policy divides between ...
Test scores have fallen to historic lows, student mobility has stalled, and the gap between top performers and their peers has widened. Data from the Department of Education and expert testimony show ...
I remember the first time I met Dan Willingham. I had just joined the Core Knowledge Foundation and Dan, a board member and esteemed University of Virginia cognitive scientist, was giving a talk at ...