John Arnold’s Instructive Retreat from Ed Reform

John Arnold’s Instructive Retreat from Ed Reform

John Arnold is something of a Rosetta Stone*. I tried to interview him for Education Next in 2022, after he dissolved his K–12 team. He politely declined. But Tyler Cowen just interviewed him on his podcast! Let’s examine excerpts from their conversation. Tyler Cowen: There’s a common impression—both for start-ups and for philanthropy—that doing much with K–12 education or preschool just hasn’t mattered that much or hasn’t succeeded tha…