What’s the best way to measure a school’s quality? It depends on whom you ask. Parents, educators, employers and policymakers hold many different opinions about…
In the wake of January’s disappointing National Assessment of Educational Progress results, one finding stands out: students who miss the most school have the…
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…
The sharp rise in chronic student absenteeism in the wake of the pandemic has attracted national headlines, and rightly so. But research I’ve done with my…
Thirty-one states showed improvement in rates of chronic absenteeism, or the number of students missing 10% or more school days, in the 2023-24 school year…
This piece originally appeared in The Grade. The rapid expansion of private school choice has drawn a good deal of news coverage — as it should. We’ve never put…
