The Real Education Debate

• Editor’s Note

  by William McKenzie, Senior Editorial Advisor and Editor of The Catalyst

Getting this debate right matters

• Education, Free Enterprise, and American Prosperity

  Essay by Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity at the Bush Institute

• We Know What Works for Kids. Let’s Do It.

  Essay by Holly Kuzmich, Senior Advisor at the Bush Institute

Voices from the field

• Getting and Keeping Talented Teachers is the Way Forward

  Essay by Eva Chiang, Managing Director of Leadership and Programming at the Bush Institute

• How Mississippi Reformed Reading Instruction

  Essay by Kymyona Burk, Senior Policy Fellow, ExcelinEd

• “Attagirls” Help, but Engaged Learning Helps More

  Essay by Malika Anderson, Chief Program Officer, Instruction Partners

• What Students Need for Successful Adult Lives

  Videos with five education experts

• Train Teachers Well to Spark the Joy of Learning

  Interview with Kate Walsh, former President, National Council on Teacher Quality

Creating effective systems

• Only Wholescale Change Will Work

  Essay by Mike Miles, Founder, Third Future Schools

• Public Education Is an Essential Public Service, Like Electricity

  Essay by Pete Geren, President and CEO, Sid Richardson Foundation

• Achieving Success in Rural Schools

  A Conversation with Elisabeth Luevanos, Superintendent, Milano (Texas) ISD

The college debate

• Will College Be Worth the Investment for My Son?

  Essay by Crystal Cazier, Senior Program Manager in Global Health at the Bush Institute

• Myths, Facts, and the Qualified Case for College

  Essay by J.H. Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative