Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The Republican-led House Education Committee has unveiled ...

HighlightsIn December 2014, my local government launched an action plan for educational reform, centering on problem-finding ...

As the results of the election came into focus Tuesday night, Chuck Todd made a keen observation on NBC: Republicans’ biggest gains among Hispanic voters came in Florida and Texas, states that “have ...

I remember the first time I met Dan Willingham. I had just joined the Core Knowledge Foundation and Dan, a board member and esteemed University of Virginia cognitive scientist, was giving a talk at ...

Donald Trump’s only major second term legislative achievement, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is also one of the least popular laws to come out of Washington in years. Composed primarily of ...

Once a sleepy policy area on the national scale, higher education is now a central issue making headlines in the overall political discourse. Believe it or not, the education policy divides between ...

Scaling developmental education reforms is absolutely necessary to improve outcomes for students and build greater public trust in postsecondary education. In 2026, postsecondary education is under ...

Republicans and Democrats across the country can seem hopelessly divided these days. But there is a path to common ground in a cause with proven bipartisan appeal: education reform. We recognize that ...

Mike Petrilli, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, recently launched a new Substack, SCHOOLED, that he hopes might help foster common ground on issues like accountability, charter ...