/* custom css */ .tdi_2_967{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_d79{ vertical-align: baseline; } Mississippi State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright, smiles after she presented the Mississippi Department of Education updated budget request for the 2023 fiscal year, before the...

After falling in previous years, public support for the Common Core State Standards has now stabilized at 45%, the 2018 EdNext survey finds, compared to 41% a year ago. The level of opposition remains unchanged, at 38%. Among teachers, however, support for Common Core slipped by 2 percentage points over the past year to 43%, an insignificant change, while opposition rose seven...

In a recent Brookings report, Mark Dynarski cites studies of Indiana and Louisiana private school voucher programs that show negative effects, raising provocative questions regarding the impact and viability of such programs. There is a better response to Dynarski’s questions than those typically offered by ideologues on both sides of the voucher debate. Rather than arguing for...

  Jennifer, a new high school principal, beams with enthusiasm as her school’s girls basketball team clinches a win during the first game of the state championship playoffs. After a seven-year slump of losing seasons, the team’s new coach, Coach Goodman, has taken them to a shot at the state championship for the first time in 20 years. But a few hours later, Jennifer catc...

The 2018 EdNext poll finds a clear majority—57%—in favor of “a tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help low-income parents send their children to private schools.” Eighteen states have enacted tax-credit scholarship programs, which, depending on the state’s authorizing language, allow either individuals, corporations, or both to donat...

National School Choice Week 2017 will be held January 22-28, 2017. According to the organizers The goal of National School Choice Week (NSCW) is to raise public awareness of all types of education options for children. These options include traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling. Gathered on this ...

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/* custom css */ .tdi_2_29d{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_89d{ vertical-align: baseline; } Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after his legal case, Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District, was argued ...

Private colleges currently enroll 30 percent of students attending four-year colleges, but they face declining enrollment and mounting deficits. Is a crisis on the horizon? Stephen Eide, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his article “Private Colleges in Peril.” The EdNext Podcast is available on Ap...

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