U.S. News & World Report recently released new rankings that identified Minnesota as the second best state in America. But a closer look at the ranking details suggests not all…
Only 37 percent of U.S. 12th graders met or exceeded the academic preparedness benchmark for college in reading on the 2019 reading assessment. In mathematics, only 24 percent of high…
Instead of calling for K-12 spending increases that state governments can't afford, school leaders should rethink how their dollars are being spent and look into ways to spend smarter.
As we continue to wait for school reopening plans to unfold, school leaders across the country and the national teachers' union are repeating an all-to-familiar call for increased education spending,…
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…
Aside from the unsettling cover image that shows a sad homeschooled girl trapped inside a house with prison bars over the window while other kids play outside, the article “The…
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to force widespread school closures across the country, use this interactive map to see the status of individual states.
Robert Pianta, the dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, opined in The Washington Post that education spending has decreased since the 1980s. This claim is inaccurate—spending…
My friend Mike Petrilli, president of the Fordham Institute in Washington, posed three intriguing questions the other day. “Even when calculated in constant dollars, and even after the Great Recession,…
I went looking for certain education statistics the other day but found more interesting data along the way. It has come to be commonly understood that American girls are doing…
In searching the other day for updated, albeit mundane college data I came across, as the statistical gods sometimes allow, truly remarkable enrollment data I had never seen before. (Before…
I had an exceptional intern this summer, Tori Roloff, who worked with me on two projects: American Experiment’s multi-year initiative, “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree”; and a related book…
Here’s a piece of good educational news; a welcomed byproduct of less-encouraging educational news. There would seem to be a growing appreciation across the nation for the kind of education…