Latest Articles
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Disrupted: Public-education Reform in the Nation’s Capital
The District of Columbia Public Schools have undergone one of the most ambitious, most controversial, and most successful, school reform campaigns in the nation.
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Don’t Abandon Standardized Testing. Use the Right Tests for the Right Roles.
There’s a major role of student testing in the wake of the pandemic. It’s just not the type of testing that many are focused on.
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How To Address Teacher Attrition
FutureEd Director Thomas Toch testified before the District of Columbia City Council on Dec. 4 about principal and teacher retention in the public schools in the nation’s capital.
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Common Lotteries and the Future of Urban Public Education
The District of Columbia’s school lottery system helps level the educational playing field in the nation’s capital by providing families with a common application for DC traditional and charter public schools. Originally published in The Washington Post Magazine, March 20, 2019.
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Have We Learned the Lessons of A Nation at Risk?
How far has school reform progressed in the three and a half decades after the controversial national manifesto?
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The Weaknesses in D.C.’s School Voucher Program
Why are many students in the nation’s capital not using the private school tuition vouchers that they receive?
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How D.C. Schools Are Revolutionizing Teaching
D.C.’s traditional public schools, once among the nation’s worst, have become magnets for some of America’s best educators.
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How Obama Got Schooled
Under pressure from right and left, the president signed away hard-won federal power over K-12 education and gutted his own reforms, even as they were working.
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A New Era in the Battle Over Teacher Evaluations
The Obama administration encouraged more robust ways of assessing which educators were doing a good job. Will its legacy last?