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Frederick M. Hess

Washington, D.C.

Education Policy Studies Director, American Enterprise Institute and Contributor at Education Next

Senior Contributor at Forbes

Opinion Contributo at Education Week

Educator. Author. Director @AEIeducation. Blogger @educationweek. Executive editor @educationnext. Senior contributor @Forbes. Contributing editor @NRO.

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  • 1 week ago | aei.org | Christopher J. Scalia |Sally Satel |Frederick M. Hess |Yuval Levin

    For decades, American conservatives have lamented that the nation’s arts and culture are dominated by leftist perspectives. This narrow ideology has diminished the range, vitality, and quality of the fine arts while leaving audiences increasingly bored or alienated by high culture. But right-of-center artists, institutional leaders, and donors have failed to create a culture that celebrates their own traditions, religious beliefs, and civic vision.

  • 1 week ago | aei.org | Frederick M. Hess

    In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth, in plain English, about what’s being proposed and what it means for students, teachers, and parents. We may be wrong and we will frequently disagree, but we’ll try to be candid and ensure that you don’t need a Ph.D. in eduspeak to understand us.

  • 1 week ago | edweek.org | Rick Hess |Frederick M. Hess

    In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth, in plain English, about what’s being proposed and what it means for students, teachers, and parents. We may be wrong and we will frequently disagree, but we’ll try to be candid and ensure that you don’t need a Ph.D. in eduspeak to understand us.

  • 1 week ago | aei.org | Frederick M. Hess

    If you feel like you just got off the Tilt-A-Whirl, join the club. In its early months, the Trump administration has been on a remarkable run in education. Its “move fast and break things” ethos has entailed taking a cudgel to DEI, the Department of Education, elite universities, and federal research. Some disruptions have been controversial, but they’ve generally occurred at a remove from the daily lives of most Americans.

  • 1 week ago | educationnext.org | Frederick M. Hess

    If you feel like you just got off the Tilt-A-Whirl, join the club. In its early months, the Trump administration has been on a remarkable run in education. Its “move fast and break things” ethos has entailed taking a cudgel to DEI, the Department of Education, elite universities, and federal research. Some disruptions have been controversial, but they’ve generally occurred at a remove from the daily lives of most Americans.

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Frederick M. Hess
Frederick M. Hess @rickhess99
22 Apr 25

The Junk Science of Pandemic School Closure A new book by ⁦@davidzweig⁩ offers a painstaking look at how researchers, journalists, and policymakers got Covid wrong. Me, at ⁦@EducationNext⁩. https://t.co/OMLnm6a4Mk

Frederick M. Hess
Frederick M. Hess @rickhess99
22 Apr 25

RT @AEIeducation: But can they? Or, perhaps more important, will they? 🚨TONIGHT: @rickhess99 sits down with @tao__tan of @StandColumbia and…

Frederick M. Hess
Frederick M. Hess @rickhess99
22 Apr 25

RT @AEIeducation: Harvard and Columbia have been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, which has frozen federal funding to force t…