"Public education is an essential government service. It exists not to change society but to sustain it. That mission requires restraint, not evangelism; humility, not heroism." My latest at the "The Next 30 Years" Substack: thenext30years.substack.com/p/public-schoo…

This is the handwriting of an 8-year-old student. He didn’t start school knowing how to read. He doesn’t live in the suburbs, come from a wealthy family, or get much support from home. He’s learning because the adults at school teach him well & set very high expectations for him.

States like WV can adopt outright or make their own based on our state standards for history and civics, math, and science.

A study of school board members shows why they are so vulnerable to institutional capture: They're "dominated by people steeped in education’s internal culture, not by independent-minded representatives of the broader community." My latest AEIdeas aei.org/education/when…

Culture war fights leave the impression that the most pressing question is whether the local school board is too conservative or too “woke.” The deeper and more consequential problem is far more banal: too many school boards don’t govern. They cheerlead. My latest for AEIdeas

Too many West Virginians face a maze of disconnected programs when trying to return to work. New federal work requirements offer a chance to change that. 🧵

Read the fiscal analysis from the Hope Scholarship's second year of operations ↓ cardinalinstitute.com/research/fisca…

"Study after study shows that explicit teaching, structured practice and coherent curricula are the most reliable ways to help children learn." Article by Barbara Oakley: seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-mat… Anna Stokke Robert Craigen Tom Bennett OBE Zach Groshell Natalie (Mullen) Brankin Frederick M. Hess

Kelli Coviello Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” That isn’t true. A vast majority of those who face such challenges still manage to send their kids to school on time. It’s a choice. Making excuses for bad choices helps no one.

A splashy new meta-analysis that totally PROVES SEL WORKS... ...except its criteria for inclusion does not require randomized, control groups AERA continuing to put ideology over solid research