Theories of Progress

Bryan Caplan is Wrong About Pedagogy

Students should not be the captives of their whims

Oct 27 • Jack Despain Zhou

Through the Looking Glass, and What Schools Found There

Chapter 1. Two decades later, can a second technological revolution in the schools save them from the first?

Sep 12 • Thomas Briggs

Let The Games Begin

Preliminary investigations into academic competitions

Jul 9 • Sebastian Garren

Anarchy and Overregulation in American Education

A structural theory of America’s education dysfunction | Part 1

Apr 18 • Thomas Briggs

The urgent lessons of China’s "genius-class" pipeline in the age of AI | Theories of Progress, 04

Feb 10 • Education Progress

No one wants to talk about excellence in public schools

How new fads in education reform reproduce old inequalities, and harm our politics | Theories of Progress, 03

Jan 30 • Thomas Briggs

Exceptionally Gifted Children

Learning from the brightest youngsters | Theories of Progress, 02

Dec 30, 2025 • John Boyle

Freddie deBoer is Wrong and Education Reformers Must Care about Learning

Moving beyond anti-capitalism in education policy | Theories of Progress, 01

Nov 19, 2025 • David Shuck

Schools Should Pursue Excellence

The Education Progress Manifesto

Feb 10, 2025 • Jack Despain Zhou

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