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The past two weeks have seen a growing ruckus over big changes in the Head Start regs that are reportedly nearing completion by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). First reported by Jonathan Coh

What will teen life be like in 10 years? As co-founders of a nonprofit that studies 3 p.m.-to-3 a.m. teen behavior, we often disagree a bit as we try to read the tea leaves. First, to understand what teenagers are like today, we compiled the best availabl

In "Straight Talk with Rick and Jal," Harvard University's Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth, in plain English, about what's being proposed and wha

The Education Exchange Ep. 455 - Aug. 10, 2026 - Democratic Voters Have Been Driven into the Arms of Teachers Unions Michael Hartney, the Bruni Family Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and an associate professor of political science at Bo

High school grade inflation imposes long-term harms, new research shows

It was the worst of times

The path to more students loving the subject is anything but simple

Their retreat from education reform has hurt both sectors. It's time to re-engage.

Flawed, non-causal research that the proposed California framework embraces

It would place Golden State 6th graders years behind the rest of the world-and could eventually skew education in the rest of the U.S., too