Reopening Our Schools

Within these pages we will reflect on the goals and values of education throughout our history, wrestle with what our education objectives are — or should be — and challenge ourselves to consider whether our current approach is working. Are...

Robert Runcie leads Broward County Public Schools in Broward County, Florida. Hadi Partovi is founder and CEO of Code.org. Each cares deeply about kids and is fiercely dedicated to making education better. They think Americans want quality education too, but...

Aaron Pallas, Eric A. Hanushek and Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst explore what has shaped American beliefs about education....

Last year, the investigative reporters at ProPublica produced a searing string of articles on inequality in American schools. They chronicled deep racial disparities in access to Advanced Placement classes in Charlottesville, Virginia. They highlighted proficiency gaps in reading and math...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution poses new demands on leaders to make schools more relevant. Education leaders need to develop a shared vision that aligns ambitious goals with an expanded set of expectations for what students should learn in school and...

Here’s a look at what some of the data says about the promise of American education....

John B. King Jr. and Louise Dubé advocate for stronger civics education and solid ELA and STEM programs too....

David Coleman and Ryan Craig agree that students are not prepared for whichever comes next....

With increasing expectations for high school seniors, the pressures over what comes next are mounting. Those that choose to continue their education at a traditional four-year university are often heralded and can overshadow their classmates’ decisions to enter the workforce...

So, do the fundamentals still matter? Ruszkowski and Hoffman would agree that the answer is “yes.” But what exactly are the fundamental underpinnings of a strong public education? That is the essence of the conversation that unfolds here....

Do students need to earn a college degree in order to be successful in life? The answer, of course, is no. There are many household names who have achieved great success in business, for example, who never graduated from college,...

America’s education system is not the train wreck some claim, yet I’m always baffled when people argue that we’re doing pretty good or even ok....