Max C. Eden

Max C. Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of Issues 2020: Public School Spending Is at an All-Time High.

NR PLUS Education

A Punitive & Senseless Education-Funding Proposal, Advanced in the Name of ‘Equity’

By Max C. Eden May 27, 2020

A recent New York Times op-ed suggests that today’s education reformers care more about bringing the top down than bringing the bottom up.

Education

The Latest Education-Policy Fad Amounts to Social and Emotional Engineering

By Max C. Eden August 27, 2019

New York schools have adopted a curriculum that purports to be value-neutral. It’s anything but.

Education

Lack of Funding Is Not What Ails American Schools

By Max C. Eden July 30, 2019

Money matters, but not if it’s simply tossed into a dysfunctional district.

Education

School-Safety Commission Rescinds Wrongheaded Obama Measure

By Max C. Eden December 28, 2018

Parents, teachers, and local school boards will be able pursue sensible discipline policies again.

Education

Time for Secretary DeVos to Rescind Obama-Era School Discipline Policies

By Max C. Eden, Jonathan Butcher & Lindsey M. Burke July 6, 2018

Secretary DeVos should articulate that teachers deserve to be trusted, not second-guessed by so-called civil-rights groups and federal bureaucrats.

Politics & Policy

After Janus, Conservatives and Teachers’ Unions Should Collaborate

By Max C. Eden June 27, 2018

The Supreme Court just dealt a powerful blow to teachers’ unions. In 22 states, teachers who don’t want to join a union have been compelled to pay “agency fees” anyway. The ...

Law & the Courts

How Did the Parkland Shooter Slip Through the Cracks?

By Max C. Eden February 28, 2018

Behind the Parkland shooting: Broward County schools minimize the number of infractions they report to police.

Politics & Policy

Degrees of Separation

By Max C. Eden February 24, 2018

When President Trump declared, “I love the poorly educated,” the highly educated could only cackle. Despite (or perhaps because of) their credentials, they couldn’t see that their derision was driving ...