An examination of the ways that professors of education have become second-class citizens in higher education and a reaffirmation of their import.

This commentary questions an over reliance on “big theory,” deductive approaches to research and advocates for the legitimation of inductive and elective approaches.

The similarities between contemporary American educational reform and Soviet educational reform of the 1930s are as striking as they are discomfiting.

The "flipped classroom" is indicative of the American penchant for turning to technology to solve the problems of k-12 public education. The essay addresses the extent to which expenditures on technology provide viable solutions.

This commentary explores the disconnect between recent educational reforms and Americans’ beliefs about teachers and teaching.

Since 1965, three precedents have had a powerful influence on the direction of public education—the promise to educate all children, the fluctuating nature of school funding, and mandated standardized tests. This commentary discusses the interplay of these three precedents for rich and poor.

A new report from the Oklahoma Department of Education confirmed that that state has lost 30,000 teachers in the past six years, a significant number in a state that employs a total of only 41,000 teachers. Response to teacher flight in Oklahoma, as in other states, has focused on finding warm bodies to fill classrooms, not on teacher quality. As a result, the neediest students in Oklahoma are being taught by the least qualified teachers.

The idea that liberal arts colleges are skirting on the edge of oblivion has been around for decades. Yet, recent data confirm the vitality of liberal arts colleges that prepare students for modern life and the unpredictable world to come.