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Politics and Neutrality in Public Schools

Sectarianism in public school classrooms is eroding trust and stifling student growth | Charting the Course

Jan 9 • Aaron Salt

The First Year of Education Progress

Jan 2 • Thomas Briggs

Exceptionally Gifted Children

Learning from the brightest youngsters | Theories of Progress, 02

Dec 30, 2025 • John Boyle

Attacks on Excellence: The 2025 Year-End Roundup

“Isn’t there anyone who knows what school is all about?” | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #5

Dec 22, 2025 • CEP

How I Found Myself Running a Microschool

One of our favorite education writers' do-it-yourself approach to remaking school

Dec 17, 2025 • Kelsey Piper

Charting the Course

Politics and Neutrality in Public Schools

Sectarianism in public school classrooms is eroding trust and stifling student growth | Charting the Course

Jan 9 • Aaron Salt

The First Year of Education Progress

Jan 2 • Thomas Briggs

Research Finds Persistent Inequalities in Algebra Placement

But universal student screening and automatic course enrollment can help

Dec 8, 2025 • Daniel Long

Straight Talk on Gifted Education for Mayor Mamdani – and Everyone Else

Getting rid of public gifted education programs will accelerate the enrollment crisis hitting American public schools

Nov 12, 2025 • Karen Vaites

Polls Show that the Public Supports Gifted Education

So why do we have such lackluster policies?

Oct 31, 2025 • Joshua Dwyer

Attacks on Excellence

Attacks on Excellence: The 2025 Year-End Roundup

“Isn’t there anyone who knows what school is all about?” | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #5

Dec 22, 2025 • CEP

What Went Wrong with Math Instruction in New York?

How the New York State Education Department’s “Math Briefs” run afoul of good education science — and how to fix them | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #4

Oct 23, 2025 • Ben Solomon

The British Columbian Grading Breakdown

How the province’s new Reporting Order collapses and confuses student assessment | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #3

Sep 4, 2025 • Bryan Joseph and CEP

Attacks on Excellence: The Summer 2025 Roundup

Turning up the heat while school is out | Issue #2

Aug 9, 2025 • Thomas Briggs and CEP

Attacks on Excellence: Escape from New York

Issue #1 (July 2025)

Jul 5, 2025 • Thomas Briggs and CEP

The Schoolhouse

How I Found Myself Running a Microschool

One of our favorite education writers' do-it-yourself approach to remaking school

Dec 17, 2025 • Kelsey Piper

Grouping Students by Ability Transformed Our School. Could It Do the Same for Yours?

A Story of Educational Progress from an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois.

Jul 12, 2025 • Jessica Berg

Sometimes the best thing to do in school is to get out as soon as you can.

Jun 27, 2025 • CEP

Specialized: A Stuyvesant Teacher Speaks Out

The past, present, and future of Stuyvesant High School

Apr 11, 2025 • CEP

Theories of Progress

Exceptionally Gifted Children

Learning from the brightest youngsters | Theories of Progress, 02

Dec 30, 2025 • John Boyle

Freddie deBoer is Wrong and Education Reformers Must Care about Learning

Moving beyond anti-capitalism in education policy | Theories of Progress, 01

Nov 19, 2025 • David Shuck

Schools Should Pursue Excellence

The Education Progress Manifesto

Feb 10, 2025 • Jack Despain Zhou

Recent posts

Research Finds Persistent Inequalities in Algebra Placement

But universal student screening and automatic course enrollment can help

Dec 8, 2025 • Daniel Long

Freddie deBoer is Wrong and Education Reformers Must Care about Learning

Moving beyond anti-capitalism in education policy | Theories of Progress, 01

Nov 19, 2025 • David Shuck

The Center's Astral Codex Ten Grant

And our plan to chart the policy landscape of advanced education in America

Nov 14, 2025 • Thomas Briggs and CEP

Straight Talk on Gifted Education for Mayor Mamdani – and Everyone Else

Getting rid of public gifted education programs will accelerate the enrollment crisis hitting American public schools

Nov 12, 2025 • Karen Vaites

Our Research

The Center's Astral Codex Ten Grant

And our plan to chart the policy landscape of advanced education in America

Nov 14, 2025 • Thomas Briggs and CEP

Hobson v. Hansen and the Decline of D.C. Schools

A story of institutions

Sep 8, 2025 • Jack Despain Zhou

Our Education Reading List

An ongoing map of useful efforts to address excellence within education

Feb 14, 2025 • CEP

Model Policy

What Should the Department of Education Do?

Our plan for a federal pro-excellence education agenda | Model Policy, 01

Sep 5, 2025 • CEP, Jack Despain Zhou, Thomas Briggs, and RHG Burnett

Help Restore Student Performance Data Reporting

Deadline for comment today

Jun 20, 2025 • CEP

Schools Should Pursue Excellence

The Education Progress Manifesto

Feb 10, 2025 • Jack Despain Zhou

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