Dr. Carey Wright, the State Superintendent of Schools for Maryland, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wright’s time as Mississippi’s state superintendent, as well as her current role in Maryland. Robert Pondiscio interviewed Dr. Wright in the Fall 2022 issue of Education Next. Follow The Education...

When it comes to digital technology, educators and school systems haven’t historically been fleet of foot. But artificial intelligence is partially bucking the trend. Many teachers are embracing it, even as school systems follow form and are moving slowly, or barely at all. Among the myriad ways school systems can...

Neville Chamberlain In the past few years, there’s been much talk about the need to teach “true history.” The intuition is a healthy one (even if it’s frequently used to justify teaching politicized caricatures of America the Awful). We should teach “true history,” in all its glory. Both the good and the bad. More importantly, though,...

Angela R. Watson,a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and an assistant research professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the launch of the Johns Hopkins Homeschool Hub. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud,...

Abigail Shrier’s wildly popular new book, Bad Therapy, is one of the latest takes on the causes of the mental health crisis occurring among youth. Shrier’s diagnosis is that society’s obsession over kids’ feelings undermines their development, hindering their ability to manage the vicissitudes of life. This problem,...

A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation by Rachel Louise Martin Simon & Schuster, 2023, $30; 362 pages. As reviewed by Matthew Levey We know of the nine Black students who bravely enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, despite the Arkansas governor’s...