Doubling Down: The Black-White Graduation Gap in the Midwest
by Konrad Mugglestone The Midwest is home to some of the nation’s finest public institutions of higher education. However, for many black children growing up in these states, degrees from these respected institutions are...
Every Student Succeeds Act Peer Review: Be More Consistent, Not Less Rigorous
by Charles Barone and Dana Laurens Feeling confused lately by the Every Student Succeeds Act peer review process? That’s perfectly understandable. Writers, in both the trade and mainstream press, vary greatly in what they think...
Follow the Money Train, Not Donald Trump
By Michael Dannenberg It’s easy to get distracted by President Trump’s histrionics and the reported Russia collusion - cover up machinations, but Democrats would be wise to keep their eyes on bread and butter...
Social-Emotional Learning: Stop, Calm Down, and Think Before You Prejudge
by Charles Barone Those not familiar with the history of the social esteem fad of the 1980’s should read Checker Finn’s brief and appropriately scathing review of it over at Education Week. Finn’s right...
Beware the Raid on Student Aid
By Michael Dannenberg President Trump is proposing to empty over half of the Pell Grant program’s rainy day fund at a time when the economy is relatively stable. The money is not going to...
The Unnoticed Threat to Public Schools
By Michael Dannenberg From Friday’s op-ed on tax reform in Democracy Journal While the eyes of public education advocates remain transfixed on Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Trump’s private school voucher and “skinny budget” aspirations,...
Fix the Formula CT Calls For New Formula to Fund All Connecticut Students
DEMOCRAT BILL DYSON AND REPUBLICAN JOHN MCKINNEY LAUNCH EDUCATION GROUP CALLING FOR A NEW FORMULA TO FUND ALL CONNECTICUT STUDENTS – Advocating for a new funding formula to support every child in the state,...
Make Tax Reform Work For Kids
By Michael Dannenberg From Thursday's op-ed in U.S. News & World Report Trump should seize the opportunity of tax reform to increase support for public education – and make the system fairer. When...
In Trump’s America, Where is the Moral Leadership We Need From Our Public Flagship Universities?
"The University of Arizona community has serious concerns about provisions of the Executive Order…This approach violates the principles on which international university communities of thought, learning, and research are based…We oppose the Executive Order...
Democratic Voices for Public School Choice
By Charles Barone Last week, New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait offered a trenchant analysis of the politics surrounding the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education: "Both the right and the left...