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A New, Bipartisan Agenda for Raising Student Achievement

3 weeks ago | future-ed.org | Thomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in Washington Monthly. Amid Donald Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education, a recent report from one of its most respected agencies, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, revealed that more than a third of the nation’s students struggle to read after being in school for eight years. The finding was the latest sign of crisis in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools. There are many others.
Medicaid Cuts Would Put Students At Risk

3 weeks ago | future-ed.org | Thomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in The Hill. The nation’s schools, already reeling from plunging test scores and culture war controversies, now face another major hurdle — an $880 billion cut to the federal Medicaid program, the source of health care coverage for as many as 40 percent of the nation’s students. House Republicans approved a budget resolution last Tuesday that would reduce by about 11 percent the federal-state partnership that provides health coverage for nearly 80 million Americans.
To Save Money, DOGE Slashes Evaluations of Federal Education Spending

2 months ago | future-ed.org | Jill Barshay

A virtual wrecking ball took aim last Monday at the relatively small, wonky corner of the Department of Education that I write about every week: evaluation studies and data collection. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X that it had terminated 89 of these contracts worth $881 million.
Tutoring Alone Can’t Untangle the Absenteeism Knot

Jan 8, 2025 | future-ed.org | Jill Barshay

In early 2024, initial reports indicated that tutoring might not only help kids catch up academically after the pandemic but could also combat chronic absenteeism. More recent research, however, suggests that prediction may have been overly optimistic.
Q&A: Mike Miles on Houston’s New Education Reform Strategy

Dec 10, 2024 | future-ed.org | Liz Cohen

On June 1, 2023, the Texas Education Agency took control of the state’s largest school district, Houston ISD. State officials tapped Mike Miles, who had previously led Dallas ISD and the Third Future network of charter schools, to lead the district, bringing a new reform approach to Houston.
Q&A: David Yeager on the Science of Motivating Young People

Nov 21, 2024 | future-ed.org | Liz Cohen

In his new book, “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People,” David Yeager, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a FutureEd research advisor, promotes a new leadership style for working with young people, what he calls “the mentor mindset.” Combining an extensive literature review with years of Yeager’s own psychology research, the book asks us to rethink our assumptions about young people and how we interact with them.
Why Fewer Eighth Graders in High-Poverty Schools Take Algebra

Nov 21, 2024 | future-ed.org | Jill Barshay

Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math courses, and those who pass more advanced math courses are more likely to graduate from college and earn more money.
How to Fix Higher Education’s Remedial-Education Problem

Nov 19, 2024 | future-ed.org | Anne Kim

This piece originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Fifteen years ago, a broad coalition of foundations, nonprofits, and educators launched a bold effort to reform the vast system of college remedial education that was destroying the higher-education opportunities of millions of students. Today, this work remains unfinished — the victim of inertia, lack of resources, and competing priorities.
Study: Many Remedial Students Can Handle Tougher Math

Nov 5, 2024 | future-ed.org | Jill Barshay

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses by achievement level, from remedial to very advanced, and the district wanted to test what would happen if they combined their bottom three levels into one.
Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling

Oct 8, 2024 | future-ed.org | Bella DiMarco

IntroductionIn 1990, states began allowing students to attend private school at public expense. Most of the early initiatives were small and confined to students who were low-income, had special needs, or attended low-performing public schools.