Freddie deBoer is one of the most original and incisive thinkers in the ed space today. But he's dead-wrong about the importance of student learning, and we at Center for Educational Progress wanted to figure out how one of ed's most ardent reformers lost sight of the value of learning. 🧵

Have a new piece up at Center for Educational Progress about why college admissions are nonsense. Check it out! educationprogress.org/p/college-admi…

From zzzwakeup's latest piece for Center for Educational Progress, a pointed critique of education policy on both sides of the aisle. "No one wants to talk about excellence": educationprogress.org/p/no-one-wants…

Pamela Hobart I would argue that it has a lot to do with ineffective advocacy organizations that work on the cause. Hoping to change that with @CenterforEdProg. I was able to pass two laws in Illinois and one in Colorado with minimal expense (very little C4, no PAC). It's doable!

I wrote and lobbied for Illinois’ tax credit scholarship program. Have a new piece up Center for Educational Progress about the new federal tax credit scholarship program - how it works, how it’s different from state programs, and what to watch for in the coming months. educationprogress.org/p/the-1700-que…

The excellence of America’s youth has been systematically suppressed by the institutions whose explicit job is to develop it. For a generation, "equity" has been the hammer that ideologues have used to eliminate excellence in schools There are 3 ways to neutralize that weapon:

Which states have education policies that best foster student excellence? Starting today and culminating on April 6th, Education Progress is running our first March Education Madness Tournament! Here's how it works 👇

New piece up at Center for Educational Progress about grade inflation - check it out! educationprogress.org/p/grade-inflat…

Interested in the story behind the current middle school algebra fiasco in San Fran? I got you covered! New article for Education Progress goes over the background to tonight's Board of Ed vote on a weird, convoluted new math program for SFUSD middle schools... (link below)

Stanford's education research center, YouCubed, revised a paper after I pointed out incorrect data. The new version revealed bigger problems.