MI Responds: Pandemic Years Saw Historic Decline in School Test Scores

Michael Hartney — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Manhattan Institute scholars respond to the National Assessment of Educational Progress

A Principled Approach to Conservative Family Policy

Andy Smarick — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400

The question of the proper role of government once unified the right, but now it divides it. Some conservatives are increasingly open to an assertive role for the state, particularly in supporting family formation.

John Roberts's Moderate Gambit

Andy Smarick — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

During the oral arguments in Dobbs v.

What's Next for Religious School Choice?

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

An Important Victory for School Choice

Andy Smarick — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400

The Supreme Court rules that Maine cannot exclude faith-based schools from its school-choice program.

Subsidiarity and Family Policy

Andy Smarick — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400

In the last decade, portions of the political right in America have warmed to the idea of a muscular central government.

In Defense of Norms and Institutions

Andy Smarick — Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400

When we act like we are living through an apocalypse, we risk denigrating the very institutions that can guide us through crises.

CUNY and the Future of Workforce Education

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Microschooling and Policy

Andy Smarick — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Microschooling is an important part of a growing sector of K–12 education that is characterized by small learning environments and increased parental involvement.

Recovering the Humane Economy: A Symposium

Andy Smarick — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Uncle Sam Is Not Your Neighbor
Our federal government has essential but limited duties and authorities. In its legitimate spheres of responsibility, Uncle Sam ought to act. But outside those areas, he should not.

Repairing Citizenship

Andy Smarick — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

For much of America’s history, there has been relatively little debate about a few basics needed to hold together a highly diverse, continental republic conceived in liberty. Citizens needed to be free but virtuous.

What's Behind New Proposals to Help the American Family?

Andy Smarick — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Democrats and Republicans both seem to think that the family needs help. But they don’t agree on what a family is, or what government support would aim to accomplish.

A Pitch for Public Service

Andy Smarick — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

This article is an interview conducted by Stefanie Sanford.
Why do you think we perceive public life as rougher and uglier than it actually is?

A Nationalism of Community

Andy Smarick — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Nationalism in America is messy and paradoxical—and needs a new emphasis.

The Truth About Stare Decisis

Andy Smarick — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Justice Kavanaugh presented a view of precedent that centers on republican self-government.

Staying the Course

Andy Smarick — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

This essay is part of an exchange, with Johns Hopkins professor Ashley Berner, discussing the variety of educational models in place around the nation and around the world, assessing the benefits of each, and considering the potential for Amer

An Emergent Educational Order

Andy Smarick — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

This essay is part of an exchange, with Johns Hopkins professor Ashley Berner, discussing the variety of educational models in place around the nation and around the world, assessing the benefits of each, and considering the potential

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MI Responds: The Nation's First Religious Charter School?

Headlines Don't Tell the Whole Story on Education Reform

Education in the 2022 Gubernatorial Elections: Political Priorities Among Candidates and Winners

Too Big to Succeed

America's School Districts Are Too Big

Manhattan Institute Scholars React to 2022 Midterm Outcomes

What Gubernatorial Candidates Say About Schools and Education

What Conservatives Have Forgotten about Subsidiarity and the Common Good

MI Responds: Pandemic Years Saw Historic Decline in School Test Scores

A Principled Approach to Conservative Family Policy

John Roberts's Moderate Gambit

What's Next for Religious School Choice?

An Important Victory for School Choice

Subsidiarity and Family Policy

In Defense of Norms and Institutions

CUNY and the Future of Workforce Education

Microschooling and Policy

Recovering the Humane Economy: A Symposium

Repairing Citizenship

What's Behind New Proposals to Help the American Family?

A Pitch for Public Service

A Nationalism of Community

The Truth About Stare Decisis

Staying the Course

An Emergent Educational Order