Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

Mark Schneider: Blowing Up Ed Research is Easy. Rebuilding it is ‘What Matters’

Ever since self-appointed watchdogs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began slashing jobs and contracts at the U.S. Department of Education in February, Mark Schneider has served as a valuable touchstone, helping put the radical budget and programmatic changes in context. But while some of the cuts are, in his words, “dumb,” and show a lack of experience among the cost-cutters, Schneider has also pushed against many critics’ a…