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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Schools Not Inspiring Students to Participate in Civic Life, Stanford Scholar Says
November 26, 2013
A new report argues for an overhaul in civics education, saying students aren't being taught how to become engaged in society.
School for $6 a Month
When governments abroad fail to offer decent schools, entrepreneurs rush in. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
All Twitter, No Twain
Americans may be reading online, but that’s not literature. Without the great authors, where are the great thoughts? By Diane Ravitch.
Smaller Is Better
The evidence is coming in: Smaller schools produce results. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.
How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform
This year's battle over the introduction of Common Core standards in public schools has diverted attention from a more important but quieter battle led by teachers unions to eliminate school accountability and teacher evaluations.
How Affirmative Action Falls Short
Only skills improvement—starting with better schools—can begin to close racial achievement gaps.
Fear as a Tax
How an overconcern with security can distort the face America shows the world. By Josef Joffe.
The Risks of a "Sputnik moment"
Do we really want the federal government to launch a national curriculum? By Williamson M. Evers.
Visions of American Education
Howard Gardner v. Mary Eberstadt
Are Vouchers Constitutional?
Yes, and here’s how to design them
Rethinking High School
The DA, Duke Lacrosse and Higher-Ed Hypocrisy
Duke is back in the news. As befits a great university, its travails have implications for higher education in America and for public life throughout the country.
Teaching The Federalist
What happens when South Korean students take a close look at American democracy. By Peter Berkowitz.
Professor, Do Your Job
The classroom is not your political platform.
A Short History of K-12 Reform
California’s History Curriculum–Objectionable, Not Objective
By law, textbooks and other teaching materials in California’s public schools are supposed to be up-to-date. Yet history textbooks that are currently in the schools are twelve-years old.
Meritocracy, If You Can Keep It
Rhoda Rabkin on The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Nicholas Lemann and Standardized Minds: The High Price of America’s Testing Culture by Peter Sacks
A Brief History of Testing and Accountability
How to improve our public schools? Many policymakers argue that we can start by holding students, teachers, schools, and school districts accountable for student performance. This approach may sound perfectly reasonable—but it has the education profession up in arms. By Hoover fellow Diane Ravitch.
One Nation Under God
Restoring religious freedom to public schools
Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut
Universal preschool education is not the solution to America’s long-standing education achievement gaps.