The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute
The Real Education Debate

Education headlines tout stories about school boards locked in battles over book banning, appropriate bathrooms for students, and how to teach about our racial history, if at all.

Those culture war topics certainly deserve some attention from school board members. But the bitter debates won’t solve America’s real education challenge: How to improve student achievement so young Americans may enjoy a life of meaning and promise in their adult lives.

That’s the education debate our country needs. And we address this question in different ways in this Catalyst.
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Anne Wicks, the Bush Institute’s Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity, presents a frank statement about America’s academic challenge.

Learn about alarming declines in reading and math scores.
Eva Chiang, the Bush Institute’s Managing Director of Leadership and Programming, reports on her findings in keeping teachers and school leaders in the classroom.

Discover what a teacher survey unearths.
Malika Anderson, Chief Program Officer at Instruction Partners, explains why teachers must better engage students in the classroom.

Classroom takeaways from the Tennessee Achievement School District’s former superintendent.
Kymyona Burk, Senior Policy Fellow at ExcelinEd, reports on spreading quality reading instruction around the country.

Read how a Mississippi education leader helped reform reading education.

A Catalyst video package presents on-the-ground views of parents, students, and educators.

Watch their conversations about launching students into lives with opportunity and choices.
Elisabeth Luevanos, Superintendent of the Milano school district in Texas, explains what rural students need.

A Presidential Leadership Scholar reports on leading a small-town district.
Kate Walsh, former President of the National Council on Teacher Quality, recalls what she learned in 20 years of working to improve teacher preparation.

Read an expert’s view on getting teachers ready.
Holly Kuzmich, Senior Advisor at the Bush Institute, urges schools to respond to declining test scores with research-based strategies.

A former U.S. Department of Education official discusses what works in educating students.
Mike Miles, Founder of the Third Future Schools, outlines how to design schools to teach 21st century skills.

Read the one-time Dallas ISD superintendent’s strategies for revolutionizing campuses.
Pete Geren, President of the Sid Richardson Foundation, details how Fort Worth community leaders are attempting to tackle school improvement.

Learn why school progress is a mission for an entire city.
Crystal Cazier, Senior Program Manager in Global Health at the Bush Institute, weighs in on the cost of college.

Parents face a choice: Will the investment be worth it for their children?
Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, analyzes how college education impacts young lives.

Find out what the data says about student mobility.
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