Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns Until recently, the court hewed closely to shifting public views on key social issues like same-sex marriage, private sexual ...

Trump’s second term appears destined to be transformative for the United States, as well as America’s role in the world.

Perhaps the most important change was to move away from inquiring into “the intention of the framers” and toward identifying the “original public meaning” of the text—defined as the ...

Innocent until proven guilty? It now seems a lot more like innocent until proven political in the court of public opinion these days.

Public education means different things to different people. Peter DeWitt asked the experts what public education meant to them.

A new Cato Institute/YouGov survey finds contradictory attitudes on trade policy, and widespread ignorance. The survey also suggests a potentially promising political strategy for free trade ...

Much attention has centered on how these cuts would impact public health and well-being, including potentially devastating effects for mental health and opioid treatment, the costs of nursing ...

A version of this article appeared in the June 12, 2024 edition of Education Week as What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?

Polls show that public support for tighter guns laws is rising. Alone, that doesn’t mean Congress is going to expand gun control anytime soon. Public opinion and public policy on guns have ...

What will truly happen to public education? Teachers and administrators will be evaluated as highly effective, effective, developing or ineffective.