Data from West Virginia shows that K-12 open enrollment was the most popular reform of school choice during the 2023-24 school year, accounting for almost half of all students using public or private school choice. reason.org/commentary/rur…

Andrew Lewis has been named the new president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, the Pennsylvania policy juggernaut considered to be one of the most successful of America’s state-based, pro-liberty, free-market think tanks. | Jack Fowler trib.al/CxigCX1

"It would be more reasonable to conclude that regulatory burdens undermine the benefits of school choice programs for students and their families." My latest on #SchoolChoice, for Georgia Public Policy Foundation. georgiapolicy.org/news/school-ch…

I have a new piece arguing that the looming birth dearth will dramatically reshape education. Unlike the baby bust of the 1970s-80s, this one will be more severe and enduring, with state and fed budgets too tapped out to bail them out. There will be widespread school closings and

When James Paul and I first released our @heritage research critical of DEI bureaucracies in 2021, we received a wave of negative reaction. It's gratifying to see our concerns about DEI validated in this excellent The New York Times piece by Nick Confessore 🧵1/ nytimes.com/2024/10/16/mag…

There will always be some areas of knowledge or values that (a) are actively contested in the culture, and (b) are part of a general education. Deciding what is taught in public school is an injustice to a parent (or taxpayer) who is on a different side of these contests.

Here’s How To Actually Reverse The Baby Bust thefederalist.com/2024/12/02/her…

Some personal news this morning: I’m launching a Substack. Introducing "The Next 30 Years," a newsletter about improving classroom practice. Here’s why I started it and what you can expect. 🧵👇 thenext30years.substack.com/p/welcome-to-e…

Out of 100,000 public schools across the country, we are honored Education Secretary Linda McMahon chose Vertex Partnership Academies as her FIRST school visit.  In our school library featuring books like Content of our Character by Shelby Steele and Basic Economics by

With a stroke of his pen this Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott will make every child in Texas eligible for education choice—the 16th state to do so. But universal eligibility does not imply universal access…

"The best argument for educational freedom has never been statistical. It’s moral. It’s about affirming the right of families to raise their children according to their own beliefs." James Paul for The 74.

My latest for Commentary Magazine is a review of "The Lost Decade," Steven Wilson's meticulous autopsy of the rise and fall of high-performing, "no excuses" urban charter schools. commentary.org/articles/rober…

"Public schools cannot be both a core government service and a platform for personal or political expression. The tension between those roles has been allowed to fester unexamined for too long." fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

We’re proud to unveil the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which recapitulates the crisis of the universities and calls on President Trump to enact six principles for reform. The time for decisive action is now. thefp.com/p/the-presiden…

Upon reading a recent post by Mike McShane the image that popped to mind was that of a Plato style Philosopher King meeting Santa & the Easter Bunny and learning to his dismay that he is, alas, not real/🧵

Earlier this week, the NYT ran what I thought was a pretty lopsided article on #homeschooling. Here’s my letter to the editor. nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opi…

📣 Announcing the America First Education Team! As Chair of Education Opportunity at America First Policy Institute, I am thrilled to welcome Max Eden as Federal Education Policy Director and James Paul as State Education Policy Director. Excited to work with Max, James, and our incredible

Columbia, Brown, & Penn have settled. Cornell and Harvard are reported to be next. UCLA, Northwestern, George Mason & others may soon follow. Some academics are mystified by why their leaders would settle or attribute it to cowardice. But settling makes sense. Here's why. 🧵1/