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How a Podcast About Reading Promoted Sweeping Instructional Changes

It’s not often that a journalist prompts sweeping change in America’s schools. But Emily Hanford, the creator of the “Sold a Story”…

10h ago

10h ago

How ‘Innovation’ Fails Education

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In…

Feb 12

Feb 12

How Blind Partisanship Harms Schooling

A big frustration with education policy is that it can feel so far removed from the real work of schooling. Why is that? What can we do…

Feb 5

Feb 5

Teachers Might Embrace Private School Choice. Here’s Why

There’s a familiar, frustrating tension between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior…

Jan 29

Jan 29

‘Budget Reconciliation’ Sounds Like Wonkspeak. But It Matters for Schools

If you follow what’s going on in Washington, you know that the Trump administration is primed to pursue big changes in federal taxes and…

Jan 22

Jan 22

Betsy DeVos Has Advice for the Next Secretary of Education

Later this month, President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of education will take office and confront a whirlwind of challenges. Just for…

Jan 15

Jan 15

2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence: Top 10 Lists

Yesterday, we unveiled the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Of course, education research includes a lot of people doing…

Jan 10

Jan 10

The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Unveiled

Today, we unveil the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the 200 university-based scholars in the United States who…

Jan 9

Jan 9

The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Scoring Formula

Tomorrow, I’ll be unveiling the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, recognizing the 200 university-based scholars who had the…

Jan 8

Jan 8

What It Takes to Be an Effective Education Scholar

On Wednesday, I’ll be publishing the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, tracking the 200 education scholars who had the…

Jan 7

Jan 7

Frederick M. Hess

Frederick M. Hess

Direct Ed Policy Studies at AEI. Teach a bit at Rice, UPenn, Harvard. Author of books like Cage-Busting Leadership and Spinning Wheels. Pen Ed Week's RHSU blog.

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