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December 5, 2024
Minding the Campus

Don’t Let Colleges Keep Ducking Accountability on Student Loans
Colleges have grown accustomed to getting massive checks from taxpayers and facing no accountability for how they use it.
By Andrew Gillen
December 4, 2024
Blog

The Latest International Exam Scores Look Bad—Are They?
We would like to see test scores rise. But we should not panic: We need to investigate these scores more deeply to understand what produced them, and standardized tests are limited in what they can tell us about education quality.
By Neal McCluskey
November 29, 2024
Blog

The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: November 2024
In sum, the Biden administration has been the most aggressive in history regarding student loan forgiveness. Despite many setbacks, the administration has cancelled a massive amount of debt ($180 billion and counting), with most of the burden on taxpayers still to come from future repayments that will no longer be made.
By Andrew Gillen
November 27, 2024
Media Highlights Radio

Neal McCluskey’s comments in the article, “Trump Has Vowed to Close the Department of Education–How would that work?,” are cited on The Ted and Austin Broer Show podcast
Featuring Neal McCluskey
November 26, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Colleen Hroncich is featured in the event, “Exploring New Frontiers: School Choice and Education Entrepreneurship with Colleen Hroncich,” hosted by the Institute for Faith and Freedom
Featuring Colleen Hroncich
November 22, 2024
Blog

Friday Feature: Rock by Rock
Jeff Imrich and Sung-Ae Yang created Rock by Rock, an online library for project-based learning, to help make project-based learning more accessible for families and educators.
By Colleen Hroncich
November 22, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Neal McCluskey discusses President-Elect Trump’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education on Gray TV
Featuring Neal McCluskey
November 20, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Neal McCluskey discusses President-Elect Trump’s education plans on Hearst TV
Featuring Neal McCluskey
November 20, 2024
Blog

What We Should Hope for from the Newly Nominated – and Last? – US Secretary of Education
But if and when Congress does the right thing and eliminates the US Department of Education, I hope there is a secretary in place to faithfully and efficiently do as the law commands. As of yet, I have no reason to believe that Linda McMahon is not that person.
By Neal McCluskey
November 19, 2024
Minding the Campus

State Disinvestment in Higher Education Is Still a Myth
The real cause of college affordability problems is not state disinvestment, which is a myth as states have been increasing funding, but rather out of control growth in spending by colleges.
By Andrew Gillen
November 19, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Neal McCluskey’s comments on eliminating the department of education are cited on ABC affiliate WKRN’s News 2 at 11am
Featuring Neal McCluskey
November 18, 2024
Foundation for Economic Education

How Dual Enrollment Helps Students to Hack High School
Attending college classes early is a growing trend.
By Kerry McDonald
November 17, 2024
Fox News (Online)

I’m a Black Ph.D. and Here’s Why I Left Academia
Academia opposes anything that doesn’t emphasize resentment of Western Civilization.
By Erec Smith
November 16, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Scott Alford is featured in the event, “Depoliticizing the Classroom: Introducing New Ideas | Session Seven: Empowered Ed Leadership Summit,” hosted by The Institute for Liberal Values
Featuring Scott Alford
November 15, 2024
Blog

Time for a Fresh Approach to Childcare
What policymakers have been doing hasn’t been working.
By Vanessa Brown Calder