Commentary

Why Many Top Colleges are Sticking with Test-Optional Admissions

This piece originally appeared on the New America website. At the start of 2024, we were told that, like it or not, the SAT was making a comeback.

How to Fix Higher Education’s Remedial-Education Problem

This piece originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Fifteen years ago, a broad coalition of foundations, nonprofits, and educators launched a…

2024 Election Impact on Education

There’s nothing but speculation just yet on the direction of federal education policy in the next Trump administration. We’ll be sharing insights on Trump’s…

A Cautionary Tale About School Closings

As commentators have warned, a perfect storm of financial trouble — declining enrollment, outdated buildings and the end of federal pandemic-relief funds — is…

Five Strategies for Addressing Chronic Student Absenteeism

This piece originally appeared in Principal Magazine. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country have struggled with a basic priority: ensuring…

Getting College Remediation Reform to the Finish Line

This piece originally appeared in Washington Monthly. When Jabrielle Jones enrolled at rural Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, in 2019…

FutureEd’s Fall 2024 Policy Watch List

A new school year is underway, with students in most states back in classrooms. There’s a lot at stake in the coming months: a presidential election…

Rhode Island’s Statewide Push to Cut Chronic Absenteeism

As the nation’s educators ready themselves for the start of a new school year, they’re no doubt wondering how many students are going to show up after several…