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A pair of new reports shed light on the well-being of children across the U.S....
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act is about to unleash a flood of new data, on everything from school-by-school spending to chronic absenteeism and achievem...
School segregation is a hot-button issue on the education beat. One strategy to address it, busing, has drawn widespread attention since a recent debate among D...
Upward economic mobility, long-term positive outcomes renewed focus of foundations...
Louise Kiernan, the editor-in-chief of ProPublica Illinois, once had an illuminating conversation with a reader about anonymous sources...
Effective school principals are hard to find and to keep, and turnover is a serious challenge. ...
We’ve all seen the startling statistics. Only a quarter of Americans can name the three branches of government. Only a quarter of high school seniors are ...
Popular magnet prepares youths for jobs in health sciences, plumbing and more....
Governors across the country are pledging to pump billions of dollars into early childhood education – historic investments that could have a far-reaching imp...
