Kevin Carey

College Savings Plans Shouldn’t Be Tax Shelters for the Rich

Subsidized college savings accounts are making the rich richer—but there’s an easy way to direct help to the people who actually need it.

No More School Districts!

At the root of educational inequality: the rich and poor districts that keep education segregated. Here are the three reforms we need.

Free Tuition Subsidizes the Rich

The Madness Beyond March

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins today with American intercollegiate athletics occupying two extreme positions. The industry of selling access to games played by indentured young men has never been more lucrative and it has never been more ethically bankrupt.

That Old College Lie

Are our colleges teaching students well? No. But here's how to make them.