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Michael Petrilli

Michael Petrilli

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Executive Editor, Education Next

Washington

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  • 11 Thoughts About the Massive Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education

    By Michael Petrilli| Education Next Verified Trump administration officials announced on Tuesday evening that it is laying off 1,300 employees at the U.S. Department of Education. This is on top of nearly 600 people who had already taken early retirement or buyouts, as well as another 60 probationary employees who had already been fired. This would bring the Department’s headcount down from about 4,100 to about 2,200, a whopping reduction

    By Michael Petrilli · Education Next

    Mar. 14, 2025

  • School Choice Programs: Testing Mandates Are More Common Than You Think

    By Michael Petrilli| Forbes Verified Eli Hager and his colleagues at ProPublica have published some eyebrow-raising articles lately about Arizona’s universal education savings account (ESA) program. Most recently, Hager dug into its testing and accountability requirements—or lack thereof. When it comes to the public’s ability—and that of policymakers—to know whether Arizona’s program, or the schools and other vendors that it’s funding, are effective, there’s zilch, nada, nothing. Yet Arizona turns out to be something of an outlier

    By Michael Petrilli · Forbes

    Feb. 02, 2025

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Education Next

In the stormy seas of school reform, this journal will steer a steady course, presenting the facts as best they can be determined, giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments. Bold change is needed in American K–12 education, but Education Next partakes of no program, campaign, or ideology. It goes where the evidence points.

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Founded: 2001