Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy.

Paul E. Peterson interviews Angela R. Watson, a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy ...

In recent years, the academic struggles of America’s boys have gained heightened visibility. The leading scholar on this count may be Richard Reeves, Brookings Institution scholar and the founding ...

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a one-page judgment in the faith-based charters case. The Court split 4–4. That ...

Do parents have the right to opt their children out of instruction covering gender transition, pride parades, and same-sex ...

“The president craves attention. He covets praise. I mean, have you seen his cabinet meetings? He needs flattery. And Ivy ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Jason Riley, author of "The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to ...

The debate over critical race theory in K–12 schools took center stage in 2021 during the Virginia gubernatorial election. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin heavily criticized CRT during his ...

In his thought-provoking book, Brave New Words, Sal Khan discusses his early experimentation with generative AI, or GenAI, models and how, over time, they might change education. If AI is a new ...

Assessing the inequality of access to instructional time across the United States At the same time, however, a growing number of districts have shifted schedules in the opposite direction to address ...

It can be difficult to keep track of all of the contemporary debates roiling the politics of education. On any given day, news headlines might be highlighting our sharp disagreements over how best to ...

There are no graduates of the Princeton International Academy Charter School, a Mandarin immersion school that was the brainchild of a rocket scientist, because it was never allowed to open. And ...