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3 weeks ago | 
brookings.edu | Katharine Meyer |Jon Valant |Nicolas Zerbino
Editor's note: This blog is part of a Brown Center series, “COVID-19 and education: Five years later,” in which Brookings experts and external contributors reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 on students, schools, and education policy.
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3 weeks ago | 
brookings.edu | Michael Hansen |Katharine Meyer |Rachel Perera |Jon Valant
Editor's note: This article is part of the “COVID-19 and education: Five years later” series in which Brown Center experts and external contributors reflect on the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing impact on education policy, politics, and practice. March 2025 marked five years since the U.S. declared a national emergency concerning COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
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1 month ago | 
brookings.edu | Michael Hansen |Katharine Meyer |Rachel Perera |Jon Valant
Home Brookings scholars analyze Trump’s order to dismantle the Department of Education Editor's note: This is part of the “Why we have and need a US Department of Education” series, which seeks to examine the role of the U.S. Department of Education at a time when the president of the United States has called for the Department’s demise. It considers what the Department does to shape education policy and practice in the United States. It also addresses misconceptions about the Department’s...
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2 months ago | 
brookings.edu | Katharine Meyer |Rachel Perera |Sarah Reber |Jon Valant
Editor's note: This is part of the “Why we have and need a US Department of Education” series which seeks to examine the role of the U.S. Department of Education at a time when the president of the United States has called for the Department’s demise. It considers what the Department does to shape education policy and practice in the United States. It also addresses misconceptions about the Department’s role and the president’s authority to dismantle it.
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2 months ago | 
brookings.edu | Katharine Meyer |Rachel Perera |Sarah Reber |Jon Valant
Editor's note: This is part of the “Why we have and need a US Department of Education” series which seeks to examine the role of the U.S. Department of Education at a time when the president of the United States has called for the Department’s demise. It considers what the Department does to shape education policy and practice in the United States. It also addresses misconceptions about the Department’s role and the president’s authority to dismantle it.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Jon Valant |Katharine Meyer |Michael Hansen
As we come to the end of another brutal campaign season, most Americans’ attention remains fixed on the U.S. presidential election. We in the Brown Center have watched with interest as education topics have entered the Harris-Trump race, from Kamala Harris selecting a former teacher as her running mate to Donald Trump continuing to talk about dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Keesha M. Middlemass |Jon Valant |Kathryn Dunn Tenpas
Voter turnout rates for voters 18 to 29 have been trending up, younger voters continue to have the lowest turnout of all age groups. Younger voters offer many explanations for not participating in elections–they are rigged, politicians don’t follow through on promises, voting itself is confusing or difficult to assess, and ultimately, their vote doesn’t matter.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Jon Valant
For those who thought K-12 education would be sidelined from this year’s presidential race, we’ve gotten a couple of twists. One twist is a proposal to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education emerging as a campaign issue. Republicans have floated the idea over the years, but it captured the public’s attention—and concern—when it became the focal point of a Project 2025 chapter. Another twist is Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz as her running mate.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Jon Valant
Editor's note: This article is part of “Party platforms unpacked,” a series that compares the differences between the two major American political parties on important issues of the day. K-12 education has captured its share of headlines over the last few years. Schools—and, specifically, local school boards—became a lightning rod for anger about the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Rachel Perera |Jon Valant |Katharine Meyer
Project 2025 outlines a radical policy agenda that would dramatically reshape the federal government. The report was spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation and represents the policy aims of a large coalition of conservative activists. While former President Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, many of the report’s authors worked in the previous Trump administration and could return for a second round.
