It’s that time. The Eduwonk In and Out list. 2025 version here. Other past ones here.
ICYMI – the holiday book list, books that are good all year long, is here.
Happy New Year.
| Out | In |
| Savage Inequalities | Right to exit |
| Vladimir Lenin | Vladimir Kogan |
| Cromnibus | Appropriations bills |
| Trad math | Trad wives |
| Cohesion | Variability |
| Bold philanthropic initiatives | Epstein reveals |
| The old guard | Lindsay Fryer |
| Conferences | Convenings |
| Lobbying | Influence |
| Reading wars | Natalie Wexler |
| Accreditation | Accreditation |
| PBR | PBA |
| Pell | Workforce Pell |
| AI as student tutor | AI as systems support |
| Covid outbreaks | Measles outbreaks |
| Heritage | The Dispatch |
| Coercive left-wing DEI | Coercive right-wing DEI |
| A1 | A250 |
| Higher Ed Act Reauthorization | Reconciliation implementation |
| Mediocrity | Kelsey Piper |
| NCLB Revisionism | NCLB Revisionism Revisionism |
| Unlimited borrowing | Loan limits |
| America First Policy Institute | ExcelInED |
| Secondary/Postsecondary silos | Blurred space |
| ECE as a talking point | Sara Mead and Jenna Conway |
| Education atrophy | Education abundance |
| Reactionary higher ed | Colleen Campbell |
| Transgender sports restrictions are transphobia | Transgender sports restrictions are mainstream Democratic policy |
| Program administration | Interagency Agreements |
| College | Early-college high school |
| McKenzie Scott | Annenberg |
| Vagueness | Silence |
| Vibes | Chad Aldeman |
| University governance | United States Department of Justice |
| Department of Education | Department of Labor |
| Earnings | Earnings tests |
| Mike Petrilli’s Twitter | MIke Petrilli’s Substack |
| Finland | England |
| Science of Reading | Science of Math |
| Policy by press release | Policy by pressure |
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