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What is it about education that causes otherwise disciplined people from business and philanthropy to forget the very lessons that made them successful? Focus on the core business, measure results, and change course when something isn’t working. Yet in education there is a recurring temptation to broaden the mission, multiply the objectives, and assume that addressing more of the problems surrounding children will eventually produce better academic results.

A Response to Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American Substack Like most Americans, I am fascinated with history but have not had a chance to follow the work of Heather Cox Richardson with any frequency. Because I work in education policy,…

On June 26, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced a three-year bachelor’s degree pilot program at Suffolk University and Merrimack College, aiming to cut tuition without sacrificing academic quality. As discussed in my previous blog, tuition costs have soared, and it may be due to the way universities fundamentally operate. In 2023, Massachusetts’ average annual tuition neared $54,000 (Figure 1), with elite institutions costing even more.  

BOSTON — Julie Young, the founding CEO of Florida Virtual School, ASU Prep Digital and ASU Prep Global and one of the architects of the modern virtual learning movement has released a new book, Say YES! How Virtual Became Reality. Published in partnership with Pioneer Institute, the book chronicles the mindset shifts and disciplined practices that allowed her and her team to turn a small, grant-funded pilot into a first-of-its-kind national model serving millions of students globally. Young will discuss her journey on Monday, July 13 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET, in a live webinar hosted by edWeb.net.