A Journal of Ideas

Education

Degrees of Difference

Our biggest political divide isn’t race or gender or age. It’s education. And it’s getting worse.

By Paul Waldman

Educating for Democracy: The Case for a New Civics

By Danielle S. Allen Carah Ong Whaley

Are Public Schools Finished?

Has the right’s vision of “education freedom” really triumphed? And at what cost to students?

By Jennifer C. Berkshire

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.

By Kevin Carey Harold Pollack

Ending the Homework Gap

By Jessica Rosenworcel