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What issues have the potential to define—or redefine—education in the year ahead? Is there a next “big thing” that could shift the K-12 experience or conversation?
Education has often been a dumping ground for criticism of educators who are tasked with teaching children content, feeding them when they come in hungry because they live in poverty or are...
1. The learning crisis was made worse by COVID-19 school closures. Low quality instruction is a major constraint and prior to COVID-19, the learning poverty rate in low- and middle-income countries was 57% (6 out of 10 children could not read and understand basic texts by age 10).
About half of U.S. adults (51%) say the country’s public K-12 education system is generally going in the wrong direction. A far smaller share (16%) say it’s going in the right direction, and about a third (32%) are not sure, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in November 2023.
These five fundamental issues are the foundation of every K-12 education policy debate, even if they remain unspoken (the “let’s keep it cheap” argument, in particular, is the quiet part ...
Across the U.S., educators are being censored for broaching controversial topics. Since January 2021, researcher Jeffrey Sachs says, 35 states have introduced 137 bills limiting what schools can...
Published Sept. 22, 2022 Updated Sept. 24, 2022. Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. At the same time, schools are mired in...
Education is a concern, but most parents say their own kids' school is doing well. For decades, voters have expressed concern in polls about the state of K-12 education in the U.S. But when you...
Teaching controversial issues is a cornerstone of democratic education and, contrary to public opinion, is the antithesis of indoctrination. It is a powerful vehicle for developing civic reasoning and discourse in all subjects as well as independent thinking.
Just about every subject has come under political fire, from math and reading to American history and gender studies. Dozens of states have recently acted to limit how race and issues of racism can be discussed in schools. Efforts to reform math face backlash from both the right and the left.