Dick Cheney passed away Monday at the age of 84. As one of his domestic policy advisors during his time as vice president, I was deeply saddened by the news; especially as I think about my own aging ...

A thought experiment on the implications of ideological monocultures for student learning and faculty research ...

Vladimir Kogan, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to ...

Porter-Magee, K. (2025). “ Helping Kids Slip the Surly Bonds of Leveled Reading: New book touts the critical role teachers ...

Most Americans—including public school teachers—believe schools should teach that America is a fundamentally good country.

There’s a lot of handwringing about what the hell America’s young people are thinking. They’re deeply anxious about the future. They’re shockingly comfortable saying that it’s okay to use violence to ...

A South Florida Autism Charter School 4th grader reacts to a story during a reading lesson last month. SFACS is one of 36 charter schools in Florida dedicated to serving students with special needs.

Matt Sigelman, the President of the Burning Glass Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss online courses and certificates, and how many are not delivering the skills employers need. Sigelman’s ...

In one form or another, the school choice movement has been around a long time. But it has never received a shot in the arm like the one it got with the federal scholarship tax credit provision in the ...

The radical dreamers: Ronald Edmonds, Jack Coons, Howard Fuller, and Diane Ravitch Last summer I taught a graduate-level education policy course. During a discussion of the achievement gap, I ...