Michael Hansen

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.

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...

2 months ago | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Sofoklis Goulas |Michael Hansen |Katharine Meyer

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.

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.

Sep 19, 2024 | icr.org | Michael Hansen

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