Report: College Degree Attainment Far Outpaces U.S. Jobs Requiring BAs
PRESS RELEASE—New American Compass analysis finds that wages have stagnated for college graduates without degree-requiring jobs.
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The False Promise of Good Jobs
While the share of American jobs requiring a college degree has increased in recent decades, the share of workers holding college degrees has risen much faster.
New Ed Surveys Find Surprising Agreement in How Parents & Young People Think
Bruno Manno explores the results of the American Compass Failing on Purpose Survey and the implications for education policy.
The Left & Right Case Against College For All
Oren Cass and author Freddie Deboer discuss the left and right cases against the college-for-all system that dominates American education.
How ‘College For All’ Is Failing Generations Of Americans
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins The Federalist’s Emily Jashinsky to discuss the failures of the “college-for-all” model in the U.S.
A Guide to College-for-All
The college-for-all model fails most Americans in favor of a “Fortunate Fifth” who proceed smoothly from high school to college to career.
Staying the Course
We should continue the state – and community-level work that is bringing to life a more pluralist approach to schooling, argues Andy Smarick.
Make Good (School) Choices
Johns Hopkins’s Ashley Berner and the Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick discuss options and tradeoffs in restructuring American public education.
Reform Requires Reformers
Ashley Berner makes the case for a pluralist structure that embraces district, charter, and private schools, while insisting on quality.
An Emergent Educational Order
The Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick discusses how an intelligent system emerged in American education over many years.
Between the Common School and the Market
Johns Hopkins’s Ashley Berner discusses the benefits and tradeoffs of a pluralistic approach to education in America.
What Are Public Schools For?
According to a new American Compass survey, parents have a different answer than activists and policymakers do, writes Oren Cass.
Survey Finds U.S. Public Education Ignores Priorities of Parents and Students
PRESS RELEASE—Education reformers have lost sight of what most Americans say public education is for, according to a new American Compass survey.
Failing on Purpose Survey
The American Compass Failing on Purpose Survey explores the perspectives and experiences of those in closest contact with the American education system—namely parents, current students, and recent graduates.
The Citizenship Test
Public education must instill civic virtues and shared allegiances.
Laboratories for Democracy
Public education must advance national power.
Making Meritocrats Moral
Public education must form a virtuous elite.
Failing on Purpose
How We Forgot What Public Education Is For
Conservative Scholars Rethink Public Education’s Purpose
PRESS RELEASE—Essay series explores how public education is failing in both practice and principle
Foreword: Teach for America
Public education’s primary purpose is preservation of our democratic republic.
