On the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Nettie Hunt explains to her daughter Nikie what the end of school segregation means following the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. The 70-year legacy of the decision has given…
Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jack Smith, seen here in 2018, has expanded the district’s offerings of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. Amid the enduring mediocrity of American secondary schooling and the nonstop caravan of reforms, experiments, and pilot programs…
Americans with more education vote at higher rates. In the 2020 presidential election, 77 percent of eligible voters who had attended or graduated from college and 90 percent with post-graduate studies cast a ballot compared to 54 percent of voters…
Friday, September 13, 2019, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Hoover Institution in Washington, The Johnson Center 1399 New York Ave., NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 RSVP to Attend On Tuesday, August 20, Education Next released our 13th annual survey of American…
The EdNext Podcast returns with Editor-in-chief Marty West and Senior Editor Paul E. Peterson discussing the 2019 Education Next Poll, including results on public opinion on schools, teacher pay, school choice, and more. Read “Public Support Grows for Higher Teacher…
Last week I got to attend one of the nation’s premiere education gatherings, the celebrated North by Northwest gathering in Hudson, New York. Ed tech visionaries, celebrated funders, and “rock star” reformers gathered to share kind words about one another…
Larissa May, the founder of #HalfTheStory, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how May’s organization is working to help teens change social media. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, or here on Education Next. — Education Next The…
