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Articles by Michael J. Petrilli

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

When Was the Golden Age of American K-12 Education? And How Can We Tell?

Michael J. Petrilli

Improving Our Schools: How Have Standards-Based Reforms Succeeded (and Failed)?

Michael J. Petrilli

New Analysis Finds Charter School Sector Still Has Plenty of Room to Grow

Michael J. Petrilli

Fair Funding Finally Flows to Charters — but the Window Won’t Stay Open Forever

Michael J. Petrilli

Could Nation’s Report Card Provide an October Surprise This Election Season?

Michael J. Petrilli

Petrilli: Ed Reformers of All Stripes Should Rally Around Romney Family Aid Plan

Michael J. Petrilli

New Studies Show Charters Drive Gains for all Public School Kids

Michael J. Petrilli & David Griffith

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

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