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Launched this year, the new program from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will award its first full scholarships to 300 students in 2018. The support will in...

With enrollment in public prekindergarten programs at a record high, there is a growing emphasis on building stronger connections between children’s early lea...

Despite high-profile scandals over cost and credentials, for-profit colleges attract hundreds of thousands of new students each year, enrolling an estimated 10 ...

From coast to coast, states are starting to decide how they will capitalize on a law that could usher in a new era of national education policy...

Ask a parent how their child is doing in school, and the parent may tell you how well they’re reading, or whether they agonize over addition and subtraction....

On a recent Friday morning, students in Kalee Barbis’ English class at Washington Leadership Academy work diligently on laptops as they sit under the high, va...

The school improvement spotlight has, in recent years, shone brightly on teachers. Just outside of the spotlight, yet wielding significant influence in schools,...

Educators have been wading through a sea of conflicting messages from President Trump’s administration about undocumented immigrants, trying to figure out how...

During a graduation season when congratulations are the usual fare, regret instead was the main course during an Education Writers Association seminar session a...