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If you’ve been confused about what the data and research say about school segregation — whether it is growing or shrinking – you’re not alone. Scholars ...

The hands-on approach is growing but whether it can deliver on promises remains to be seen....

In its latest rollback of President Obama’s education policy legacy, the Trump administration wants school superintendents and college presidents to aim for �...

Diversifying the teacher workforce — an issue of growing concern to education leaders and policymakers — is difficult to achieve because of leaks in the pip...

At Rocky Hill School, a private day school in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, it’s not unusual for education technology entrepreneurs to pop into the classroom ...

Impacts already being seen in admissions, student loans and for-profit colleges....

Public university systems have weathered wave after wave of difficulties in recent years – from shrinking state funding streams to intense public scrutiny and...

“Diversity is essential to the success of the news industry.” Those words, once so eloquently stated by award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill, capture the ove...

The case pits Mark Janus, an Illinois child-support specialist, against the union that charged him fees, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ...