In school-choice circles, Milton Friedman’s 1955 essay “ The Role of Government in Education ” is considered a (if not the) ...

Goodman, J., and Francis, A. (2025). “ School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic: Public education sees ...

Large audiences flock to their content, suggesting a hunger for knowledge that schools need to be able to satisfy ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia ...

The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...

Over-regulation and under-regulation of school choice are two sides of the same bad coin ...

The new Superman is a solid, kid-friendly movie with healthy, old-school values. That wouldn’t seem to merit comment, except that the Very Online right has bizarrely attacked this movie as “woke.” As ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas ...

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As they approach the end of high school, students face a major life decision. Should they go to college? In many high-income families, the college conversation occurs early and often—and no wonder, ...