Center for Educational Progress

Research Finds Persistent Inequalities in Algebra Placement

But universal student screening and automatic course enrollment can help

Dec 8 • Daniel Long

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November 2025

Freddie deBoer is Wrong and Education Reformers Must Care about Learning

Moving beyond anti-capitalism in education policy | Theories of Progress, 01

Nov 19 • David Shuck

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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

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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

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October 2025

Polls Show that the Public Supports Gifted Education

So why do we have such lackluster policies?

Oct 31 • Joshua Dwyer

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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

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September 2025

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

A story of institutions

Sep 8 • Jack Despain Zhou

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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

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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

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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

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July 2025

The Algebra Gatekeepers

How schools deny advanced math to their highest-scoring students

Jul 29 • Janet Johnson and John Wittle

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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

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