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“Diversity — (noun) the state of being diverse; variety”...

There’s a perfect storm of poor conditions fueling America’s troubling achievement gap....

How do you get the best teachers in front of the students who need them the most? It’s an issue getting increased attention, but a tough problem to solve....

Whites, blacks, Asian-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are all graduating from college at higher rates now, but stubborn racial and gender gaps are widening, a ...

Texas advocates of ethnic studies in public schools celebrated two years ago when the State Board of Education voted to create instructional materials for class...

At Codman Academy Charter Public School, the walls in the lower school hallways aren’t covered in the bright reds, yellows, and oranges visitors might expect ...

When it comes to the story of Massachusetts’ public schools, the takeaway, according to the state’s former education secretary, Paul Reville, is that “doi...

Hispanic-serving institutions should do more than just enroll large numbers of Latino students. As their title implies, they’re also supposed to serve them, a...

With state testing season wrapping up, the decision by some families to skip the K-12 exams in protest this spring has once again sparked widespread discussion ...