Ashley Rogers Berner

Dir, JHU Institute for Education Policy @JHUEdPolicy and loving it! D.Phil History, Oxford @UniofOxford Tweets are my own.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Can education help solve the problem of polarization? Yes it can! Check out my book trailer on Youtube talking about educational pluralism, and exposure versus indoctrination. https://t.co/PiaR6QMMl7

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

@DavidSteinerJHU is a great speaker, indeed!

[OIDEL @oidel_edu]

📰A few weeks ago, our director joined @DavidSteinerJHU in Vilna for a discussion on the future of education, hosted by the @IER_ThinkTank. During his visit, David gave a fantastic interview on today’s educational challenges. We’re delighted to share it!
https://t.co/IM5xXPzeZ7

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Thank you to Emily Hanford, once again, for telling the truth.

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

The second season of ‘Sold a Story,’ a podcast about education, opens in 1966 in an Illinois classroom. The teacher is a former Chicago marketing executive named Siegfried Engelmann. Before him sit seven Black children. He calls out arithmetic questions and they answer together, as is the norm in direct instruction, the teaching method Engelmann pioneered. The lesson moves on to algebra. The children keep pace. Then the creator and host of the podcast, Emily Hanford, cuts in. The children, she notes, are in preschool.

Sixty years later, we have UC Berkeley math teaching professor Zvezdelina Stankova complaining, in a San Francisco ‘Standard’ op-ed that went viral this summer, that students at the University of California’s flagship campus were struggling with “fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school.” What happened?

A year after Engelmann showed off his method in a recorded half-hour lesson, President Lyndon B. Johnson instructed education officials in his administration to evaluate the best way to teach poor children. They landed on Engelmann’s direct instruction — but it was never implemented nationwide. The reason was Engelmann’s “militaristic” approach to education, as the education writer Alfie Kohn explained in his criticism of direct instruction, which he said is today favored by “right-wing activists” who “wanted to make sure that learning itself is conceived as a fundamentally passive process.” Engelmann’s supporters’ politics were off, which meant his ideas were bad. And since Kohn gave this assessment in 2022, it seems that little has changed.

Read more about how we’ve forgotten the art of teaching kids math, from the second season of ‘Sold a Story’: https://t.co/z9txWltMji

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Sooooooooo unreal- the cruelty.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Heartbreaking, Christians are literally being buried alive in Congo.

Despite Muslims making up just 1.5% of the population, Islamic gangs are trying to take over the country.

They are also setting Christian villages on fire, kidnapping women, and beheading innocent people.

But since they are not Palestinian or Muslim, the media remains silent.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

What would a blue wave mean for school choice? Read on as the indomitable @rickhess99 and I speculate. @JHUSOE @JHUeducation @AEIeducation

[AEI Education @AEIeducation]

In a new edition of "Talking Choice," @rickhess99 talks with @BernerEd, Director of @JHUEdPolicy, about whether, and how, a "blue wave" in the midterm elections would impact education choice policies. https://t.co/KyCSIaN8Nb

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

https://t.co/kznPFgrQga

@JHUeducation is so honored to be the research partner to the @CivicsBuzz! The National Civics Bee is amazing!

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Did you know that high-performing school systems bring school choice and academic excellence together? We can, too. Check out the forum on ESAs in @EducationNext. @JHUeducation @Harvard_Ed_Pub @oidel_edu
https://t.co/XDF0yn6nkw

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

As always, @Dyrnwyn rocks truth wrapped in rapid wit.

[Lori Armistead @LoriArmistead]

1. I admire how you kept a (mostly) straight face as she was talking.
2. Your intro line was 🔥! 😂

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Count me in, too.

[Robert Pondiscio @rpondiscio]

Count me in.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

@ChadAldeman brings wisdom to the NHJ story: "We are the outlier. It turns out that most other places in the developed world fund a broad array of school types." Educational pluralism! @JHUeducation @Jorge_Elorza @Edupluralism

Read on:
https://t.co/qtNg9XFnFJ

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

For colleagues in the democracy and civics space: Is election security strong for the midterms?
https://t.co/8deJKbPy18

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Well said,@hpatrinos

[Harry A. Patrinos @hpatrinos]

Instead of asking “Does school choice work?”, a better question is:

Under what institutional arrangements does autonomy generate better outcomes?

That shifts the debate from ideology to design

And toward the interaction of competition, autonomy, accountability and information.

A useful discussion today at Harvard’s Emerging School Models Conference. Thanks to @eric_wearne for great moderating and @hmatthewlee for a fascinating paper. My paper is forthcoming next week.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Look forward to seeing you as always, @hmatthewlee !

[Matthew Lee @hmatthewlee]

I'll be presenting some research on #SchoolChoice regulations at the PEPG conference later this week. Looks like some friends will be around! @AngelaRWatson @hadleyonfire @marshalldavidt2 @eric_wearne @BernerEd @hamlind1 @pauldiperna @colynritter24 @RonMatus1 @ClarkRimsza

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

The National Civics Bee gives middle schoolers the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to become young leaders. @JHUeducation @CivicsBuzz

[Arnaud Mercier - #Entrepreneur #Versailles @arnaudmercier]

We organized the National Civics Bee — it’s where to start if you want better workers https://t.co/cET9BASTQQ

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Want to help young people prepare for adult life? Teach them the values, knowledge, and skills of democracy. @CivicsBuzz @JHUeducation. Start with the National Civics Bee.
https://t.co/OUBYkU95wN

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

Interested in cultivating intellectual pluralism in higher education? Johns Hopkins University is looking for an executive director for the Graduate Student Intellectual Diversity Initiative (GSIDI), an innovative approach to preparing the next generation of young scholars.

https://t.co/AQHuqG6lyv

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

His memory is blessed.

[Natasha Hausdorff @HausdorffMedia]

I often wish this great man was still with us, to lead us through ever darkening times.
Let us honour his memory by fighting the scourge with everything we have, for the sake of humanity.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

I agree with you, @Dale_Chu.

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

Test scores aren’t everything, but they’re not nothing either. If you’re pro-choice, these numbers are hard to defend—and dropping the state test just blinds the families we’re trying to empower.

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

@Edupluralism @UNSR_Education @CratoNuno @hpatrinos It is such an honor to learn from colleagues around the world. Educational Pluralism makes space for all of us. @JHUeducation @oidel_edu

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

So moved by the @ConstitutionCtr and its 2026 Liberty Medal. The ceremony is a bracing reminder of the stunning and religious liberties we enjoy. Thank you. @JHUeducation

[Ashley Rogers Berner @BernerEd]

What does education look like around the world? It's plural - as @rickhess99 and I discussed below. @JHUeducation

[Frederick M. Hess @rickhess99]

What the International Debate Over School Choice Can Teach Us at Home

@BernerEd & I discuss new principles of “educational pluralism” and why they matter.

At @EducationWeek. https://t.co/MnYb3RYq93