Tag: education reform

Logan Snow, a third-grade teacher at the Dummerston, Vt., School, gets supplies ready for students in her classroom.

Community and Family

Teachers are the sleeping giants of the education reform movement

Kelly Garcia · October 3, 2025 11:33 am

The portion of the tax code that allows for these "educational assistance programs" is on the chopping block from the House version of tax reform that's expected to see a floor vote on Thursday. (@CristoRey/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Florida’s education success should be copied nationwide

Pedro Rodriguez · September 24, 2025 4:49 pm

New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, in Washington, March 5, 2025.

Eric Adams tosses progressive dogma, and then New Yorkers learn to read

Timothy P. Carney · August 18, 2025 2:00 pm

Trump’s higher education crackdown reshapes elite campuses as students return

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 14, 2025 7:00 am

“Alma Mater,” a bronze statue by Daniel Chester French (1852-1931) welcomes students and visitors from the monumental staircase of Low Library at Columbia University.

Sentimental education

Dominic Green · July 25, 2025 5:10 am

Students raising hands while a teacher asks them questions in a classroom.

The real education crisis is not what you think it is

Jason E. Thompson · July 21, 2025 6:00 am

The Duke Humphrey’s Library at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s higher ed crusade now has its blueprint

Will Fletcher · July 18, 2025 9:23 am

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) arrives for a news conference in the aftermath of the apparent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Beltway Confidential

DeSantis wages war on the accreditation cartel

Will Fletcher · July 14, 2025 5:18 pm

In this March 9, 2009, file photo, The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Perhaps there are drawbacks to sending ideologues abroad

Will Fletcher · June 13, 2025 10:04 am

Wells Preparatory Elementary School teacher Charlotte Owens, left, works with her fifth grade students during the literature segment of their day, Friday, March 8, 2024, in Chicago. In Chicago Public Schools, the average reading score went up by the equivalent of 70% of a grade level from 2022 to 2023. Math gains were less dramatic, with students still behind almost half a grade level compared to 2019. Chicago officials credit the improvement to changes made possible with nearly $3 billion in federal relief.

Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of education funding bill

Elaine Mallon · May 20, 2025 5:16 pm