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As a one-time staff editor of The Washington Monthly magazine, I am biased in favor of that plucky enterprise and…
A few days ago, for no intended reason, I came across this remarkable off-the-cuff essay from back in 2011 by…
To take your mind off politics, at least politics of the national-election variety, let’s take a look back on some…
Over the past two years my wife Deb and I have reported frequently on the remarkable Mississippi School for Mathematics…
Some reformers in China feel defeated. Here are four young people who are full of hope.
Two days ago I mentioned an interesting site by a high school student named Jocelyn Reckford, who had spent…
The American public is hearing a lot about the values imparted by U.S. education at the moment, from the…
Here's the back story: In our American Futures reports from Down East Maine, my wife Deb and I wrote…
Two days ago I mentioned the welcome news that the Maine Maritime Academy, which John Tierney had written about extensively…
In our American Futures dispatches from Down East Maine, John Tierney did several reports (collected here)…
An example of applying energy, abilities, and leverage to the public good. We can't have enough of these examples.
It's one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It's something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.
"It's not a black thing. It's not a white thing. It's an American thing."
A school that is famous for football is notable in an entirely different way.
When in doubt, try French.
'Who wouldn't rather attend Wolverine U?'
The pepper-spraying cop as design inspiration?
'We're Number 11!' The new cheer from Cambridge, Mass.
Good news for cash-strapped U.S. universities: paying customers pouring in from across the Pacific!
Wondering which American colleges are "best"? Here's a good place to start.