The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores for 2024 have just been released, spawning a flurry of thinkpieces, op-eds, and research reviews. Why all the fuss? NAEP assessments measure…
Five years after COVID-19, it is obvious there are still lingering effects of school closure policy decisions, as achievement remains lower than pre-pandemic performance and long-term consequences have yet to…
How relaxing school accountability has hurt academic achievement.
I have been a broken record on the fact that Minnesota’s academic achievement woes existed years before government policy responses to COVID exacerbated learning declines. In fact, it was because…
The political backlash since Biden’s Department of Education released new and restrictive rules for a federal charter school grant program in March is not letting up. Parents, educators, education advocacy…
The Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Education has proposed 13 pages of new rules that would hurt the charter school community. The 28-year-old federal Charter Schools Program provides funds to…
Increased parent involvement has quickly become a bright spot amid the otherwise frustrating aspects of schooling during COVID-19. More parents are keeping a watchful eye on the learning materials that…
A recent report by the American Enterprise Institute, "Still Left Behind: How America's Schools Keep Failing Our Children," shows, among other things, that large proportions of lower-income eighth graders in…
The false narrative that inadequate funding is the root of our education problems paints Minnesota as a state allergic to accountability.
Center of the American Experiment, along with 18 other state think tanks and nearly 50 school choice and scholarship groups, recently called on Congress to provide dedicated funding and tax…