The Classical Learning Test is unique among summative assessments in that it focuses entirely on classical texts. The ...

American educators have returned to the notion that shared background knowledge is essential to reading instruction, ending a ...

Each week during the football season, ESPN’s Dan Graziano pens a column that reacts to the most popular hot takes of the moment, judging whether they’re overreactions or on-point. It’s a useful device ...

Populism, identity politics, school closures, and financial irresponsibility have taken their toll on public confidence in ...

Paola Sapienza, the J-P Conte Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how political ...

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Despite polling showing progressives maintain a slight edge on education, public trust in the party has plummeted ...

Many students lack the social connections that lead to better outcomes. Schools can help make them. Bruno V. Manno In today’s economy, what you know still matters, but who you know—and who knows ...

Jonathan Haidt has made the case for reducing screen time, focused mostly on mental health impacts. Martin West argues that getting kids off their devices could boost their learning, as well: “Coupled ...

Eminent ed school dean Smug Snidely sees the decline in take-home assignments as allowing students more time to be their authentic selves A few weeks back, Education Week reported on a new survey of ...

Jeff Denning, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs and Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Denning’s ...