Max Larkin

Scholars are frustrated. After decades of effort to bring more challenge and joy to math class, American students have made little net progress. In 2022, the nation’s students ranked 34th in the preeminent international test of mathematics. While the U.S...

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic was a seismic event for the nation’s schoolchildren. But the disruption wasn’t evenly distributed. And scholars are only now beginning to understand the differential effects. Sean Reardon, a renowned sociologist...

When it comes to American public education, states wield a lot of power over policy — lately, more than they have in decades. But that influence isn’t always accompanied by insight. Sometimes, despite valiant efforts, superintendents and commissioners...