On Our "Virtual Route 66" This Week: On the #Education Front

As our weekly "Virtual Route 66" continues, our team pulled together the following #RandomThoughts on the Education Front as we ramp up our Education Focus here in the Education Corner:  

How Morgan Freeman and Robin Williams Derailed America’s Schools Posted by Frederick Hess on 27 February, 2024 My new book, Getting Education Right, dropped last week. In it, Mike McShane and I do our best to sketch a principled conservative vision of how to improve early childhood, K–12, and higher ed. But rather than get all wonky here, I thought it worth addressing a broader thread we dwell upon near book’s end: how Morgan Freeman and Robin Williams derailed America’s schools. Read more → Doing Educational Equity Right: School Closures Posted by Michael J. Petrilli on 26 February, 2024 This is the fifth in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post, as well as ones on school finance, student discipline, and advanced education. Read more → The Education Exchange: A Chronic Case of Truancy Posted by Education Next on 26 February, 2024 Nat Malkus, a senior fellow and the deputy director of education policy at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Malkus’s latest report, which looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on chronic absenteeism in schools. Read more →