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Students of color represent more than half of the United States’ public school population, but their parents are the most underrepresented group of stakeholde...

If you haven’t yet heard of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the use of race as a factor in college admissions, you may have at least seen the #B...

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...