Frederick M. Hess

AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn Me, at ⁦@EducationNext⁩. educationnext.org/ai-changes-not…

Education loves shiny new things: “Just because a program hasn’t worked in the past and doesn’t work today doesn’t mean it won’t work in the future . . . What counts is what feels true." tinyurl.com/z79at6bd @rpondiscio @rickhess99 @profgoose @MichaelPetrilli @Dale_Chu

In this @EducationWeek piece, @AEI Director of Educational Policy Studies @RickHess99 & @PPI Director of the American Identity Project @RickKahlenberg discuss the teaching of shared American identities & the values embodied in our foundational documents: bit.ly/48oCdCK

“If a program isn’t ‘parent-friendly,’ it won’t be successful regardless of how much money is allocated,” says the founder of ClassWallet. #EWOpinion @rickhess99 edweek.org/policy-politic…

True! The key to innovation is punctuation! Another banger by @rickhess99!

Can School Choice Programs Maximize Flexibility While Minimizing Fraud? An ed-tech innovator explains how digital wallets can empower parents & help prevent waste. I discuss with ⁦@ClassWalletCEO⁩ Jamie Rosenberg, at ⁦@educationweek⁩. edweek.org/policy-politic…

My husband, writer of many grant applications, LOLed

“Just because a program hasn’t worked in the past and doesn’t work today doesn’t mean it won’t work in the future,” Banksley explained. “Education innovators are on a magic-making search for solution-ness. THAT’S the beating heart of our work.

How did we reach the moon?” Banksley asked. “How did we cure polio? By sweating over picayune details? No! It was about vision!! The rest is just footnotes.”

Education Innovation and the Search for Transformational Solution-ness Me, at @educationnext. educationnext.org/education-inno…

If students aren’t reading whole books in school, state legislators are within their rights to require it. But as @rickhess99 often observes, it’s one thing to get people to do something; it’s another to get them to do it well. aei.org/education/shou…

🚨On 4/16, join @rickhess99 for a public event w/@RickKahlenberg, @TimMinella & Jon Shields on how ideological bias distorts teaching & learning in higher ed. RSVP at the link below ⬇️ aei.org/events/how-hig…

Will AI Support Deeper Learning in Schools? I discuss with ⁦@jal_mehta⁩, author of “In Search of Deeper Learning.” At ⁦@educationweek⁩. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Hot Takes on AI and Education Sorting through the brilliance, the buzz, and the bluster. Me, at @educationnext. educationnext.org/hot-takes-on-a…

How to Teach What It Means to Be American I discuss with @RickKahlenberg, at @educationweek. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

How do we teach kids what it means to be an American? My discussion with @rickhess99 about the @ppi American Identity Project in @EdWeekOpinion edweek.org/teaching-learn…

@FlowTap1 Appreciate that, my friend.

.@rickhess99 writes a lot of great essays about education. This piece ranks among his best. educationnext.org/consequences-o…

The Consequences of Shattered Trust Populism, identity politics, school closures, and financial irresponsibility have taken their toll on public confidence in American education. Me, at @EducationNext. educationnext.org/consequences-o…

What Is Civic Hope? And Why Should Educators Care? ⁦@BernerEd⁩ & I discuss, at ⁦@educationweek⁩. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

The Trump Administration Has Mostly Dismantled the Dept of Ed. Should You Care? Making sense of a turbulent 12 months, and what it means going forward. Me, at @educationweek. edweek.org/opinion-the-tr…

No Homework? No Problem. Eminent ed school dean Smug Snidely says less take-home work gives kids more time to be their authentic selves. Me, at ⁦@EducationNext. educationnext.org/no-homework-no…