Information, not money, is the key to improving education (Natalie Chun, Brookings)

Improving education outcomes has perplexed reformers for decades. The typical solution has been to throw more money at the problem. However, instead of improving education outcomes, the money has often entrenched poor practices within inflexible public systems. A major reason why money for education has not translated into better outcomes is that it has gone to reform initiatives that have often been guided by ideology and preconceived biases rather than rigorous evidence of what works and what doesn’t.

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