Education

Is Preschool for All a Good Idea?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 9, 2009

Chester Finn of the Fordham Foundation has a good article in the latest Education Next on the movement for “preschool for all.” Finn is generally supportive of government…

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Education

The Price is Wrong

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 7, 2008

Education Next story shows how little the general public knows about school spending. For instance, survey respondents were asked to estimate how much their school district spends, per pupil.

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Many Kids Still Left Behind

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 1, 2006

A report released today by the Fordham Foundation takes a look at how well states are doing in terms of educating low-income and minority students. Pennsylvania gets pretty poor marks…

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