If education philanthropists want to influence policy, then they must open themselves to more public debate about their  plans and goals.

Normally, we expect to get thanked when giving a few bucks to a good cause. When it comes to K-12 schooling, though, folks giving away millions have been slammed for their trouble.

A century from now, observers may well identify the last months of 2011 as the start of higher education’s Great Disruption.

In his new book, The Same Thing Over and Over (Harvard University Press, November 2010), AEI director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess explains that American schools have not changed since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, as a result, are ill-suited to meet today's challenges.

Despite all its good work, the Gates Foundation is encouraging a harmful trend among malaria activists.

The Gates Foundation has been a massively positive influence on malaria research, but it is still criticized.

The budget submitted to Congress today by the Obama administration includes significant cuts to the Department of Defense that appear divorced from America's current strategic reality.

As the Gates Foundation meets this week, it should take a closer look at the "global subsidy" campaign.