Tocqueville Among the Homeschoolers
The civic case for school choice is just as important and persuasive as the economic case.
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The New Sobriety About Reading
Traditional ideas about what children should know and read suddenly don't sound quite so old-fashioned anymore
Introducing The Practice Project
This week, AEI and researchED launched an essay series that will translate evidence from cognitive science and education research into practical guidance for teachers.
If Children Were Angels
Understanding students’ behavior is not the same as forming their character.
Dear Alpha School: I Hope You’re Right
An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School
Texas Has a Theory of Education
A state curriculum, a reading list, and new social studies standards add up to a coherent—and unfashionable—vision of what public schools are for.
The Trouble With Tech Abstinence
Phone bans make sense. But AI may solve some of education’s hardest problems while creating entirely new ones.
Claiming the Moral High Ground for Character Education
A new book offers a primer on the cultivation of virtue at classical schools.
How to Raise a Grateful American
Schools may have let the 250th pass by. Parents don’t have to.
Pamela Snow: The Dog Ate My Homework: Education’s Evidence-Excuses Echo Chamber
An education researcher refutes 16 common arguments against evidence-based practice in K–12 schools.