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12/12/25 update: View the full recording and top takeaways from this event here. Vermont’s public education system is in the midst of its biggest transition in years. Act 73, the state’s sweeping new ...

In my experience, what K–12 educators want from research is stuff that’s useful. They want strategies rooted in evidence and frank appraisals of whether instructional practices actually do what they ...

Samuel Abrams, professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Abrams recent op-ed in Real ...

The recent U.S. Senate hearing, “Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America’s Youth,” served as a reminder that Americans care deeply about the safety and well-being of young people.