Adam Wittenberg

Adam Wittenberg is a reporter and assistant editor at The Lion. He worked as a reporter and editor in newspapers in New England in the 2000s before moving to the Midwest to write and teach for a…

Public Education
Obama-era reforms spurred learning loss long before COVID-19, report says

A new report finds student learning was declining years before COVID-19 and has failed to recover for most schools, pointing to failures stemming from the Obama era. A study conducted… Read More

May 19, 2026
Courts
Wyoming Supreme Court upholds state’s school choice program in another win for education freedom

For the second time in less than four months, a state supreme court has ruled in favor of school choice, this time in Wyoming. The highest court in the nation’s… Read More

May 18, 2026
Public Education
Mississippi’sĀ educational turnaround was a marathon, not a miracle, experts say

The ā€œMississippi Miracleā€ – the transformation of one of the country’s worst school systems into one of the best – was more of a marathon than a sprint, insiders say. Read More

May 13, 2026
Public Education
ā€˜Don’t fall for it’: Birth rates, not school choice, to blame for public school enrollment declines

Public school enrollment is forecast to decline in all but nine states over the next five years, with states including California and HawaiiĀ projectedĀ to lose more than… Read More

May 12, 2026
Public Education
South Carolina launches coalition for universal school choice

A group of faith, family and education organizationsĀ isĀ banding together to promote universal school choice in South Carolina. The 13-member South Carolina Universal School Choice Coalition launched… Read More

May 11, 2026