AEI's director of education policy Frederick Hess responds to the Department of Education's announcement of the second round of Race to the Top winners.

As school boards and superintendents have been forced to seek new efficiencies and ways to do better with less, many school leaders have found themselves particularly perplexed by the unique challenges of special education. But districts can do better to equip school leaders to better meet student needs while helping policymakers provide targeted support for cost-effective practices.

Perry's breathtaking failure to remember his own third department to abolish and Cain's stumbling and inconsistent responses to the charges against him leave a gaping vacuum to fill.

Obama's 2011 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility plan grants certain states waivers from No Child Left Behind accountability requirements if they agree to a series of preset conditions, but the waiver plan poses several notable risks.

Incorporating the effects of health into an analysis of economic disparities in America dramatically affects our understanding of wealth levels across groups--particularly across races.

Even with few questions on the nation’s fiscal position and foreign policy, most of the Republican candidates performed pretty well. If that’s the way the Republican primary voters and caucusgoers see things, the result may be to tighten the race for the nomination.

State education agencies and their chiefs must transform the SEA into an agent of change that can assist districts in the crucial task of remaking our public schools to meet the needs of our children in the 21st century.

Senator Harry Reid is trying to divide the electoral base of Sharron Angle, his Republican opponent, and to portray her as an extremist, but she can win by focusing on the right issues.