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Though students of color now make up the majority of those enrolled in the nation’s public schools, 82 percent of public school teachers are white, according ...

If there’s been one constant over the last decade in terms of teacher evaluation policies in the United States, it’s been change....

Not long ago, a student who got into a fight at school would likely face an automatic suspension. Now, in schools across the country, that student might be back...

As part of an October EWA seminar on the teaching profession, a group of journalists traveled to the Woodlawn campus of the UChicago charter schools network, to...

What was the big takeaway for education in the 2018 elections? Sorry if this disappoints, but there just doesn’t appear to be a clear, simple story to tell. I...

There is growing interest in the role schools can and should play in fostering social and emotional learning....

Journalists from across the Great Lakes region and the U.S. gathered in Chicago Oct. 18-19 to learn more about the teaching profession during a time of transiti...

Federal education officials say they want to help students make more informed decisions about where to go to school, what college will cost, and what return on ...

It’s hard to overstate the potential implications for education in the 2018 elections. The reasons have less to do with the high-profile battle for control of...