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McMahon's mission: What does 'send it to the states' mean?
If education is sent "to the states," will they do a better job?

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12, 20252 min read


Making money matter: More kids in special ed doesn't improve reading
Schools got $190 billion in emergency funding during the epidemic, write Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, and...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Walz boosted school $, but added costly mandates: Tampons aren't free
For a former teacher, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't seem very interested in education.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20242 min read


If we want to pay (some) teachers more ...
The teacher pay debate tends to be simplistic and unserious, writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. He calls out a tweet by Education...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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