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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want to improve education, but our good intentions can make us unintentionally do the wrong things,” said Frederick Hess, founding director of the education policy studies program at the Washington think tank the American Enterprise Institute.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

It remains to be seen whether a Trump Administration will boost them further, using federal policy. The growth of “Course Choice” initiatives in various states was chronicled in depth by The Hechinger Report last year, in this story from our archives. — The editors.