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Michael Petrilli

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Why 2021 Is Shaping Up as the Year of School Choice

Michael J. Petrilli

Charters Don’t Take Funds From Traditional Schools

Michael J. Petrilli & David Griffith

Take a Cue From Biden on HS-to-Career Pathways?

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: We’re Crowdsourcing the Wisdom of Dozens of Experts on How Schools Can Best Address Unfinished Learning. Some of What They Have to Say

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: Could Biden, Pelosi and McConnell Work Together? How Education Could Move Forward Under a Divided Federal Government

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: With Superintendent John White Leaving, Louisiana Needs a New Education Leader — Not a New Education Plan

Michael J. Petrilli

Analysis: New Review of Online Educational Materials Finds They’re Not Up to Snuff, but Teachers Like Them. We Need a Rotten Tomatoes for Curriculum

Amber M. Northern & Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: 2019 NAEP Results Show There’s Something Wrong Going On. 3 Theories About What Might Be Happening in Our Schools, and Beyond

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli & Ragland: At a Tough Time for Education Reform, Colorado Defeat of Charter School-Defunding Bill Offers a Ray of Hope

Michael J. Petrilli & Luke Ragland

Petrilli: For the New Year, Districts Should Make a Fresh Start on School Discipline Reform

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: From Report Cards to Parent-Teacher Conferences, Schools Must Do a Better Job of Telling Families How Their Kids Are Doing

Michael J. Petrilli

In-Depth: Michael Petrilli’s 5-Part Argument About School Choice, Tests & Long-Term Outcomes

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: The 7 Key Storylines in This Year’s Disappointing NAEP Results

Michael J. Petrilli

Michael Petrilli: When Diploma Mills Give Innovation, and School Choice, a Bad Name

Michael J. Petrilli

Gray & Petrilli: 3 Ways That States Can Improve Low-Performing Schools Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

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Opinion: Undue Process: Firing Bad Teachers Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Michael J. Petrilli & Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D.

Petrilli: 20 Big Questions For Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: The Child Poverty Rate Plummeted After Welfare Reform. What That Means for Education

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: When Only Some Kids Can Afford Summer Camp — Why We Must Close the ‘Enrichment Gap’

Michael J. Petrilli

One Way to Boost Student Success: Get Serious About Sex Education — and Teach the IUD

Michael J. Petrilli

Ohio Backpedals on Proficiency. It’s the Exception

Michael J. Petrilli

Opinion: Why the Friedrichs Court Case Will Give Teachers More Power — and Better Pay

Mike Antonucci & Michael J. Petrilli