Archive - Freddie deBoer

Education Doesn't Work 2.0

a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps

Jul 11, 2022 •

Education Week: How is Power Distributed in American Public K-12 Education?

like everything in our education system, the division of power is historically contingent, ad hoc, and pretty weird

Jun 21, 2021 •

Elite Education Journalism: Still Ideology at Its Purest

you don't get to write about education in fancy places unless you TOE the line

Jun 26, 2024 •

the Official Dogma of Education (version 1.0)

What follows is my first crack at articulating what I call the Official Dogma of Education.

Apr 24, 2017 •

Education Commentary is Dominated by Optimism Bias

What follows is a piece that I was commissioned to write for an education publication called The Grade.

Mar 19, 2023 •

Education Week: Review of The Education Trap

an informative and convincing book that I had a hard time getting through

Jun 24, 2021 •

why selection bias is the most powerful force in education

Imagine that you are a gubernatorial candidate who is making education and college preparedness a key facet of your campaign.

Mar 29, 2017 •

if formal music education is a privilege, spread the privilege

I was encouraged by this open letter from musicians and music educators in the Guardian, responding to a deeply wrongheaded essay arguing that, since…

Apr 6, 2017 •

The Autodidact Fantasy

Silicon Valley dreams of self-driven education don't acknowledge human nature

Mar 26, 2021 •

Education Doesn't Work

student ability is remarkably static and predictable from pre-K to college and beyond, and this means that our social contract is broken

Apr 12, 2021 •

Not the Right Kind of Provocation

education coverage remains captured by orthodoxy on the left, right, and center

Dec 2, 2024 •

Human Capital is Real, and Some People Are Smarter Than Other People

until we acknowledge that, there can be no coherent discussion of education

Jan 27, 2022 •

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