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The grim subject of violent attacks in schools seems unlikely to go away...

Some student assessments don’t look much like standardized tests at all, even when they’re being used for school accountability...

As education becomes increasingly digital, it creates a world of opportunities for students, who can now visit world-famous museums or collaborate with other st...

Tuition-free and debt-free college, the two ambitious campaign proposals from Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton respectively...

Participation in the Advanced Placement program has more than doubled over the past decade, with nearly 2.5 million students taking one or more AP exams in 2015...

These experiences are happening, as educators and experts told an audience at the Education Writers Association’s National Seminar in May....

After an unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones watched events unfold from afar...

Divisive dialogue erupted last year after students from the University of Missouri formed a wall to prevent reporters from entering a public space — an area t...

It’s not hard to find a teacher willing to bend your ear about the volume of standardized testing in schools today, and the pressure for “test prep.” But ...