I spoke in January 2026 with 150 high school students about career options. After explaining my own career as a professor of education, health and behavior, I asked the students a simple question: ...

Last night we heard about the Los Angeles Times blockbuster education report, the release of records on 6000 3rd through 5th grade elementary teachers and what's called a "value added" analysis of ...

Educators are increasingly using generative A.I. in their own work, even as they express profound hesitation about the ethics of student use. By Dana Goldstein As artificial intelligence makes its way ...

More than Test Data Teacher evaluations are inadequate if they rely only on test data. Judging any stakeholder’s performance solely based on test scores is wrong for educators and wrong for students.

It is a universal cliché by school boards across this country: “What we care about most is the welfare of our students.” Yet that care is frequently not evident when these boards discuss test results.