Marc Tucker was president of the National Center on Education and the Economy. For two decades, his research focused on the policies and practices of the countries with the best education systems. This blog is no longer being updated.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Why Has Ed Tech Made So Little Difference?
Marc Tucker explores why educational technology has failed to deliver on its promises of raising student achievement.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How to End Teacher Shortages. Really.
Marc Tucker discusses a new report on teacher shortages from Linda Darling-Hammond's Learning Policy Institute and gives insights into how the U.S. can produce the high-quality educators it needs.
Student Achievement
Opinion
The Case for Building 21st Century Skills Outside the Schoolhouse
While in Israel for meetings on the future of education, Marc Tucker asks if we must look beyond the school setting to fully develop 21st century skills in our students.
Education
Opinion
On the Death and Transfiguration of the Education Press
Marc Tucker discusses the forces that have remade education journalism in the U.S. and the implications of its transformation.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Republicans, Democrats and the Teachers' Unions
Marc Tucker argues in the final piece of a series on the politics of education that U.S. teachers' unions need to rethink their model and focus on teacher quality as an organizing principle going forward.
School & District Management
Opinion
Time for the Democrats to Rethink Education Policy
In the second piece of a series, Marc Tucker argues that it's time for the Democrats to overhaul their approach to improving public schools.
School & District Management
Opinion
Are the Republicans Abandoning Public Education?
Marc Tucker explores how the Republican Party's once-firm support for the nation's public schools has withered.
Education Funding
Opinion
Scaling Education Initiatives: Why and How
In a follow up to his open letter to Marc Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Marc Tucker digs deeper into the importance of supporting school improvement efforts that are both scalable and sustainable.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
(Another) Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
In response to Checker Finn's open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, Marc Tucker outlines in his own letter how the philanthropists can achieve the results they seek in their work to improve U.S. schools.
School & District Management
Opinion
A Stunning Report From the National Conference of State Legislatures
A new report from a bipartisan group of state legislators shows how U.S. states can learn from the world's top performers and build an education system to compete with the very best.
Social Studies
Opinion
Trump, Ailes, and the Miseducation of American Citizens
How Roger Ailes and Fox News created the conditions for Donald Trump's rise and how the U.S. education system must respond.
Education
Opinion
Educational Insights From Shanghai
A group from the National Center on Education and the Economy recently returned from a benchmarking trip to Shanghai and came away with fresh insights into the world-leading system.
Student Achievement
Opinion
How Elementary Teachers Master Their Subjects in Top-Performing Countries
Marc Tucker discusses the Center on International Education Benchmarking's new report, "Not So Elementary: Primary School Teacher Quality in Top-Performing Systems".
Student Achievement
Opinion
Education, Eastern Culture, and Western Values
Is there a cultural component to the success of Asian countries on international assessments like PISA? Marc Tucker contends that it is more complicated than you might think.