Paul DiPerna, the vice president of research and innovation for EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the results in ...

Ian V. Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Rowe’s latest research, ...

According to the National Survey of Children’s Health, parents report that about two in five teenagers ages 13 to 17 spend four or more hours on screens for recreation most weekdays. A CDC analysis ...

Per-pupil spending can vary drastically between school districts, with affluent suburban districts often outspending their neighbors by significant margins. Such disparate school spending is ...

More and more students take college classes while still in high school. That is boosting degree attainment but also raising doubts about rigor. Kelly Field Aniken Castaneda amassed 30 college credits ...

Public debate over gifted education tends to focus on fairness. Who gets to be called “gifted” and what sort of extras do they receive? Nationwide, more than 12 percent of Asian students and almost 8 ...

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Try this experiment. At your next professional development session, conference, or perhaps on social media, mention the famous “30-million-word gap” study, which demonstrated that low-income children ...

Congratulations to Oakland mayor Jerry Brown on his plan to open a military academy (see “A Few Good Schools,” Summer 2001). Chicago’s experience with military academies has been overwhelmingly ...

Despite Mike Miles’s strong track record as an urban superintendent, his book forgets to explain how he’s done it ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Ian V. Rowe, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute ...