📢ANNOUNCEMENT: We are pleased to welcome Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” to our team as a research fellow and as director of CERN! Read the press release below for more details👇 aei.org/press/release-…

I’ve long been a student of AEI scholarship and always thought that they’ve had the best education policy team in the country. I’m honored, humbled, delighted to officially join AEI as both a research fellow and their director of the Conservative Education Reform Network

I’m delighted to announce that ⁦Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”⁩ starts today as the next director of the Conservative Education Reform Network (CERN). Dan is a sharp thinker, talented writer, & passionate educator, and I’m thrilled to have him in this role. hello.aei.org/index.php/emai…

"It would be a mistake to extract funds from academic institutions only to redirect them toward non-educational spending." — Mark Schneider and Christopher Robinson aei.org/education/use-…

I'm excited to announce that Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” & Arthur Gailes are now research fellows American Enterprise Institute AEI Education!

🚨REMINDER: Register for our event today with Beth Akers, Jon Fansmith, and Zach Schermele on higher education, budget reconciliation, risk sharing, and more! aei.org/events/holding…

Congress is on the verge of eliminating Grad PLUS and imposing caps on federal graduate student loans for the first time since 2006. Grad PLUS has fueled tuition hikes, exploded student debt, and padded the budgets of wealthy universities. Its demise is welcome. 🧵

My latest for Fordham Institute looks at the Supreme Court's recent religious liberty decision, which gives parents the right to opt out of instruction that conflicts with their beliefs. But it's not always clear what counts as "instruction." fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

"Most non-educators—including parents, policymakers, and judges—think of 'curriculum' as a list of books that every child reads. Something on the syllabus. A shared text. Yet that’s not how ELA works in many classrooms anymore." thenext30years.substack.com/p/making-sense…

"Statehouse debates over vouchers and education savings accounts are shaped (pro- and con-) by the messaging of school choice 'celebrities' whose primary qualification is an energetic social media presence and a taste for vitriol." bit.ly/40jA73p

Does Mahmoud require parental notification if a controversial book is in a classroom where students may "choose" to read during ELA? SCOTUS appears not to have weighed this possibility, which is far more likely than it being assigned or read aloud. fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

How to Resist the Destructive Self-Indulgence of Teachers on a Soapbox Four lessons to help educators conscientiously object to the culture wars. Me, at ⁦Education Next⁩. educationnext.org/how-to-resist-…

As a music teacher, your job is to teach music. Stick to your brief. Your job is not to cultivate “discomfort” or to lead potentially ill-informed discussions of “gender norms” or “kidnapping and enslavement.” If staying in your lane makes the job feel insufficiently