Center for Educational Progress

The Center's Astral Codex Ten Grant

And our plan to chart the policy landscape of advanced education in America

Nov 14 • 

Thomas Briggs

 and 

CEP

21

3

3

Straight Talk on Gifted Education for Mayor Mamdani – and Everyone Else

Getting rid of public gifted education programs will accelerate the enrollment crisis hitting American public schools

Nov 12 • 

Karen Vaites

46

13

10

October 2025

Polls Show that the Public Supports Gifted Education

So why do we have such lackluster policies?

Oct 31 • 

Joshua Dwyer

16

15

5

What Went Wrong with Math Instruction in New York?

How the New York State Education Department’s “Math Briefs” run afoul of good education science — and how to fix them | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #4

Oct 23 • 

Ben Solomon

27

1

7

September 2025

Hobson v. Hansen and the Decline of D.C. Schools

A story of institutions

Sep 8 • 

Jack Despain Zhou

65

28

9

What Should the Department of Education Do?

Our plan for a federal pro-excellence education agenda | Model Policy, 01

Sep 5 • 

CEP

, 

Jack Despain Zhou

, 

Thomas Briggs

, and 

RHG Burnett

14

10

1

The British Columbian Grading Breakdown

How the province’s new Reporting Order collapses and confuses student assessment | Attacks on Excellence, Issue #3

Sep 4 • 

Bryan Joseph

 and 

CEP

10

2

2

August 2025

Attacks on Excellence: The Summer 2025 Roundup

Turning up the heat while school is out | Issue #2

Aug 9 • 

Thomas Briggs

 and 

CEP

17

1

2

July 2025

The Algebra Gatekeepers

How schools deny advanced math to their highest-scoring students

Jul 29 • 

Janet Johnson

 and 

John Wittle

160

47

42

Grouping Students by Ability Transformed Our School. Could It Do the Same for Yours?

A Story of Educational Progress from an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois.

Jul 12 • 

Jessica Berg

25

3

2

Attacks on Excellence: Escape from New York

Issue #1 (July 2025)

Jul 5 • 

Thomas Briggs

 and 

CEP

17

1

3

June 2025

Speedrun

Sometimes the best thing to do in school is to get out as soon as you can.

Jun 27 • 

CEP

33

10

4