Stay informed with Manhattan Institute's education scholars.
Our experts bring you ideas that promote an aggressive agenda for education reform, centered on four tenets: meaningful preparation for college or the workforce; a focus on effective schools in all sectors; holding schools accountable through systems that value diverse outcomes tied to student needs; and policies insuring schools are safe environments for students and staff.
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MARCUS A. WINTERS
A new report from Marcus Winters reviews available research to suggest that while school-closure decisions are complicated, closing persistently ineffective schools is often the best strategy for providing optimal educations for the students who attend them. (Photo: bodnarchuk/iStock)
   
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JOSH B. MCGEE, JAY P. GREENE
Experience with state takeovers across the nation as well as in Texas clearly shows that state-appointed boards fail to improve academic achievement. (Photo: LUNAMARINA/iStock)
Houston Chronicle
September 5, 2019
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DANIEL DISALVO
Offer them a deal: a raise in wages in exchange for forgoing defined-benefit retirement plans. (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images)
The Wall Street Journal
October 1, 2019
Based on a new report
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PETER MURPHY
State control of nonpublic education will virtually eliminate what makes private and independent schools different, and will diminish First Amendment freedoms for hundreds of thousands of families, particularly regarding the free exercise of religion. (Photo: skynesher/iStock)
New York Post
September 11, 2019
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MARCUS A. WINTERS
Moving to a new school can have disruptive effects on students. (Photo: stockpot/iStock)
National Review Online
September 24, 2019
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DANIEL DISALVO
Teachers across the country are unsatisfied with low salaries and a lack of resources, prompting a record number of teacher strikes over the past few years. While the prevailing narrative blames stingy politicians for the low pay, a new report by Daniel DiSalvo shows that the underlying cause of low pay is pension debts—not a lack of overall funding. (Photo: vasiliki/iStock)
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REIHAN SALAM
College isn’t providing an effective engine of upward mobility for most Americans. (Photo: Rattankun Thongbun/iStock)
The Atlantic
August 20, 2019
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JAMES PIERESON, NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY
"We used to have college presidents who stayed on the job for a long time and had a clear idea of what the academic mission of a school is and how they wanted to shape it over the long term. Now it is hard to find qualified people who want to do this job, even with the exorbitant salaries we pay them." (Photo: aimintang/iStock)
Washington Examiner
September 12, 2019
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BETH AKERS
“[2020] presidential hopefuls are promising to spend trillions of taxpayer dollars to bail out a generation of young people drowning in debt. A worthy aim — if it were true.” (Photo: zimmytws/iStock)
The Boston Globe
September 2, 2019
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NATIONAL REVIEW
Manhattan Institute’s Max Eden joins Andrew Pollack— whose daughter died in the tragic Parkland shooting—to explain that the post-Parkland debate should have been focused on school discipline and safety as much as gun control. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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