At ASU-GSV, Angela Duckworth Talks Grit and the Challenges of Building a Movement: ‘Education Is So Hard That It Tests Even My Own Grit’
President George W. Bush Reflects on the Lasting Impact of No Child Left Behind at ASU+GSV: ‘For the First Time, in Return for Money, People Had to Show Results’
Study: Kids Who Struggle With Executive Function Vastly More Likely to Experience Academic Difficulties
Robots, Grit, Personalization: 13 Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss at This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit
The Biggest Gainers and Losers Over ‘Education’s Lost Decade’
A ‘Lost Decade’ for Academic Progress? NAEP Scores Remain Flat Amid Signs of a Widening Gap Between Highest and Lowest Performers
‘Countries Aren’t Sports Teams’: International Test Rankings Distort More Than They Reveal, Renowned Statistician Warns
A Huge For-Profit Charter Network Uses the Same Approaches as High-Performing Nonprofits. The Results Are Impressive
New Report: In 46 States, High School Graduation Requirements Aren’t Enough to Qualify for Nearby Public Universities
A Turning Point for Union Research? New Study Shows a Negative Relationship Between Collective Bargaining & Boys’ Future Earnings, Career Tracks
Study: Teacher Coaching Can Boost Instruction and Student Achievement. But Can It Be Scaled Up?
After Parkland, Young People Led the Way in Protesting Gun Violence. Now Some Are Saying We Should Let 16-Year-Olds Vote, Too
New Study Warns the Push for More Math & Science Classes in High School Isn’t Yielding More College Students Pursuing STEM Careers
Gun Control Group Pledges $2.5 Million to Sponsor March for Our Lives Protests
There Are Three Times as Many Latino Students as Teachers in America. Two New Reports Show Why That’s Bad for Both
Between Victory in West Virginia and (Likely) Defeat Before the Supreme Court, Teachers Unions Find Themselves at Historic Crossroads
Game Over: Trump Says Video Games Could Cause Real Deaths. But Research Finds Scant Links Between Digital Mayhem and Violent Behavior
Traditional Schools Enroll Higher Proportions of Disabled Students Than Charters, Though the Gap Is Shrinking, Study Finds
Race and Debt: Black Grads Default More Frequently Than White Dropouts
Return on Investment: Study Shows Big-City Charters Use Education Dollars More Effectively — and Provide Better Future Earnings for Students — Than District Schools
Brookings: New Revelations About Teacher Vacancies — and Which Students Go to Those Schools
NYC’s Special Education Crisis, Where 1 in 4 Families Doesn’t Receive Guaranteed Services and Students Are Forced to Wait 60 Days (or More) for IEP Meetings
New Analysis Shows Milwaukee’s Religious Schools Now Overwhelmingly Enroll Voucher Students
Good Neighbors: Traditional Public Schools See Higher Test Scores When a Charter School Opens Nearby
Wisconsin Reformers Move Toward a First: Education Savings Accounts for Gifted Kids
Survey: Nearly 90 Percent of Principals Who Supervise TFA Members Would Recommend Hiring Them
If Phil Murphy Doesn’t Succeed Where Seven Former Governors Failed on Pension Costs, Is New Jersey Headed for Fiscal Catastrophe?
The States That Spend the Most (and Least) on Education — and How Their Students Perform Compared With Their Neighbors
Reducing Class Sizes Is Popular With Parents but Not Education Experts. New Research on CA Program Might Change That
Analysis: Yes, National Media, Poor Schools With Big Challenges Sometimes Work Wonders
As CHIP Funding Nears Expiration, Study Warns that Half of All Kids Under 4 Depend on Publicly Provided Health Care
New Economics Paper Shows That High School and College Jobs Leads to Higher Wages Later in Life
The Benefits of Merit Pay? New Study Shows That Federally Funded Teacher Bonuses Led to Improved Student Performance
New Book on School Segregation to Spotlight Landmark Dissent from Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Study Shows That Girls in Korea Score Higher, Enroll in More STEM Classes, When Assigned Female Teachers
New Study Shows America’s Largest Teachers Union Spent Big to Win Republican Allies as Democrats Lost Ground
10 Charts That Changed the Way We Think About America’s Schools in 2017
Forty Years After Court Order, a Louisiana County Is Finally Hiring More Black Teachers. Student Performance Remains Unchanged
50 Years After Latin Disappeared From High School Classrooms, These Educators Are Bringing It Back
New Report: What American School Districts Can Learn From How Israel Successfully Rotates Its Superintendents
My School’s Great, but American Education? Not So Much. New Poll on U.S. Attitudes Suggests Public Perception ‘in a State of Flux’
Report: When Black Students and White Students Fight, Blacks Receive Harsher Punishments
New Report Shows Chicago’s Charter Schools Yield Higher Test Scores — and College Enrollment
Philadelphia School Reform Commission Votes to Abolish Itself After 16 Years
More Money, More Problems (Solved Correctly): New Study Shows American Kids Do Better on Tests If You Pay for Answers
Early Education Is a Game Changer: New Report Shows That Reaching Infants and Toddlers Reduces Special Education Placement, Leads to Soaring Graduation Rates
Report: Dozens of Arts Programs Could Receive Funding Under Federal Education Law
In Arkansas, 82% of Special Education Students Graduate on Time; in Mississippi, 31% Do
Report: 30 Million Well-Paying Jobs, Mostly in the West and South, Exist for Workers Without Bachelor’s Degrees
A Blow for Republicans — and a ‘Warning Light’ for Education Reformers — in the 2017 Elections Results
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis in America’s Schools: Millions of Kids Not Receiving Services They Need
61% of Teachers Stressed Out, 58% Say Mental Health Is Not Good in New National Survey
New Research: As Tuition Rises, Vaunted Public Universities Cater to a Wealthier Clientele
Michigan GOP Fights to Eliminate State Board of Education as Scores Plummet, Highlighting Broader Debate Over School Oversight
Children From Low-Income, Less Educated Families Spend Nearly Twice as Much Time on Screens
Teen Birth Rate Plummets to Record Low as Trump Cuts Funding for Pregnancy Prevention
Sprint Expands Program Giving Low-Income Kids Phones, Tablets to Close Homework Gap
Race, Gender & Teaching: The Same Indiana Recruitment Program That Failed to Attract Minority Teachers Also Skewed 85% Female
Ohio Says Its Largest E-School Overbilled State by Nearly $80 Million. Now 15,000 Students May See Their School Close
Behind That Nobel Prize for Economics, an Innovation for Schools? How ‘Nudge Theory’ Is Already Being Tested in Classrooms
Where Are the Hispanic Teachers? While Hiring’s Exploded in Past 25 Years, There Are Still 3 Times as Many Hispanic Students as Instructors
Acclaimed Netflix Documentary ‘Night School’ Profiles Indianapolis Dropouts Getting a Second Chance at Innovative Charter School
The Age of Automation Demands a New American School System, Study Declares
As New Wisconsin Budget Expands Voucher Program and Charter Schools, a Governor’s Race Forms Around Key Education Issues
How College Debt Is Reshaping America: New Study Shows Wide Variations Between States, Regions, Coasts
Why the Race to Find Bilingual Teachers? Because in Some States, 1 in 5 Students Is an English Language Learner
College Attendance Continues to Decline: 85% of College Admissions Directors Worry They Won’t Hit Enrollment Goals
Does Race Matter in Education? New Survey of Millennials Reveals Conflicting Opinions on Equity, Surprising Support for Vouchers
Pay Raises, Teacher Contracts, Charter Schools: Education Central to Boston Mayor’s Race
When College Grads Don’t Come Back Home: New Numbers Show a Widening Urban-Rural Education Divide
A Reboot for School Choice in Wisconsin as Republicans Propose Dramatically Expanding Charters & Vouchers?
Nobel Winner’s Research Shows Home Nurse Visits for New Moms Boost Children’s Cognitive Skills
Ohio’s ESSA Reboot: State School Leaders Make Big Pivot After Outcry Over Testing Requirements
Investigation: Forced Into Unneeded Remedial Classes, Some Community College Students Fail to Finish Degrees
The Rise of ‘College Admissions Sabotage’: When HS Seniors Use Social Media to Rat Out Their Classmates
Shift From Pre-K to Kindergarten “Fraught With Stress and Uncertainty”; Report Points to 4 Model States Easing the Transition
Intensive Preschool Programs Can Yield Massive Returns, Especially for Boys, Nobel Laureate’s Study Shows
When College Grads Don’t Come Back Home: New Numbers Show a Widening Urban-Rural Education Divide
Report: High Schoolers Motivated to Learn, but Varying Engagement Levels Point to Need for Tailored Instruction
Hidden Costs of Senate Health Care Bill: Uninsured Kids Do Worse in School, More Likely to Drop Out
College Presidents Slowly Becoming More Diverse but Still Mostly White Men in Their 60s
Report: For $42 Per Pupil, Districts Can Build Principal Pipelines and Get Better School Leaders
Georgia Special Election Makes American History; Voters’ Education Marks the Race’s Significance
You Are What You Eat (at School): Report Shows Healthy School Lunches Tied to Higher Student Test Scores
New England Teachers Get Rawest Retirement Deal in the Country; 0 in MA Will Ever See Investment Returns
Two in Three Premature Babies Ready for School on Time — and 4 More Key Findings From New National Study
Fewer Teens Are Working — and One Senator Says Falling Youth Employment Will Cost America $9.5 Billion
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley Wants to Be Ohio’s Next Governor. But Her City’s Schools Might Not Let Her
With 6 Wins in 7 Years, Granada Hills Charter School Extends Its Dynasty in the U.S. Academic Decathlon
Scratch This: The Fall (and Possible Rise) of State Lotteries in Education Funding
Make Private School Free or Die: The Fight Over Education Savings Accounts in New Hampshire
Boston Schools Have Vowed to Combat ‘Racist’ Maps. Experts Want a Better Geography Curriculum
Arizona Lawmakers Implement Nation’s First Universal Education Savings Account Program
Want to Cause a Problem in the Future? Name Your School After Someone Famous Today
More HS Students Are Graduating, but These Key Indicators Prove Those Diplomas Are Worth Less Than Ever
WATCH: 5 Things to Know About How Right-Wing Critics Used Online ‘Botnets’ to Exaggerate Common Core Backlash
New Research Shows How Common Core Critics Built Social Media ‘Botnets’ to Skew the Education Debate
New Report: States Need to Focus More on College Readiness in ESSA Plans
In Leafy Chicago Suburb, at One of America’s Top High Schools, Parents Brawl Over Race Seminar
In Missouri, The Stars Align for School Choice
An Arts Education Crisis? How Potential Federal Cuts Could Decimate School Arts Programs
Analysis: School Choice — but Not in My Town. How to Integrate When Affluent Districts Pull Up the Drawbridge?
What Do Americans Think of School Choice? Depends on How You Ask the Question