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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder

Jeffrey Aaron Snyder is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Carleton College. His writing has also appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week, and the New Republic.

Articles

A controversial new book highlights the dire straits of the U.S. education system, but offers misguided and irresponsible ideas for fixing it.
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By and large, admissions tests register rather than create inequality.

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Public School Advantage argues that market-based strategies are counterproductive.

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Forums

COVID-19 will accelerate a number of troubling longer-term trends—including less public funding and a migration of courses online.

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Forum Responses

“It’s the economy, stupid.” This slogan from Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign could just as easily be today’s school reform mantra. It is incessantly invoked—in spirit, if not the word—by reformers, philanthropists,...
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