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Only about 264,000 of the nearly 3.4 million teachers in the country are Latino. They represent 8 percent of teachers, while 22 percent of students are Latino, ...

While the number of parents who opt out of having their kids take their states’ standardized tests has grown nationally, much of this movement appears to be m...

This is the second consecutive year that U.S. students have finished on top in the International Mathematics Olympiad, although there have been impressively str...

Margarita is a four-year-old girl living in East Harlem. She speaks Spanish at home with her Mexican-born parents, is obedient, well-behaved and plays well with...

Black and Hispanic children experience mental health problems at a similar rate than their white peers, yet are less likely to receive treatment, a new study of...

Young Latinos who are not proficient in English are more likely to develop higher early literacy skills when their teachers are also Latino, according to a Univ...

When students are encouraged to think and learn outside of the box, not only do they become more involved in their education, but they have a learning experienc...

Call them the top four percent: elite private colleges and universities that together sit atop three-quarters of the higher education terrain’s endowment weal...

The Boston school district currently has five dual-language programs — in which students learn core subject matter in two languages — and is developing plan...