In recent decades, American education has thrown all kinds of stuff at its various stuck needles: advanced technologies, standardized measurements of performance, tightened accountabilities, expanded ...

This week, we invite readers into a dialogue on how we can democratize evidence in education, what that means and looks like, and why it matters. For decades, educators have decried the experience of ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Rick: There’s a lot of enthusiasm for “evidence-based practice.” I get it. I’d much rather schools employ evidence-based practices than “evidence-free” or “demonstrably ineffective” ones. But the ...