What 50CAN found when they talked to 20,000 parents
In October of 2024, 50CAN published The State of Educational Opportunity in America, a poll of...
Mar 06, 2025
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The South Surges Academically in Alternative View of National Exam
A full set of adjusted rankings (illustrated and disseminated on Twitter by education advocate...
Mar 03, 2025
Linda McMahon asked if she’d dismantle Department of Education
Linda McMahon, the nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, faced a flurry of...
Feb 13, 2025
At this pace, CT schools will never close the opportunity gap
The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, released late last month,...
Feb 12, 2025
Private schools excelling as public schools fall, test shows
Marc Porter Magee, CEO and founder of 50CAN, a network of advocates focused on education,...
Feb 07, 2025
Catholic schools ace NAEP
Catholic school students are “one to two years ahead” of students in traditional...
Jan 31, 2025
Dismal NAEP scores, rubber rooms redux, & debunking ICE rumors: Best Education Journalism of the Week (01/31/25)
But readers looking for incisive analysis of the results had to turn to non-journalists like...
Jan 31, 2025
With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
That paradox is a “confounding” one, said Derrell Bradford, president of 50CAN, a nonpartisan...
Jan 30, 2025
Trump Orders Expanded Private School Choice, an End to ‘Radical Indoctrination’
President of the education policy organization 50CAN, Derrell Bradford anticipates that allowing...
Jan 30, 2025
Trump signs sweeping executive order to expand school choice
Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, a nonprofit group that supports school choice, said the...
Jan 29, 2025