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By offering cash prizes to Latino and black boys who read books, a retired Los Angeles school teacher is hoping to improve educational outcomes for these groups...

When students feel engaged and connected to their schoolwork, it’s no surprise that they tend to have better academic outcomes. But a new study of career and ...

When students don’t speak English well, it can be easy for their outstanding academic abilities to get overlooked. ...

Since 2008 millions of adults have earned college degrees, but still less than half of the nation’s labor force has completed a postsecondary education...

Latino and black parents who participated in a recent national survey believe educators’ expectations for poor kids are too low and that schools should do a b...

The system for funding American flagship public universities is “gradually breaking down,” said Robert J. Birgeneau, a former chancellor of the University o...

When Yehimi Cambron crossed the U.S. border from Mexico with her parents, they told her she would not have documented legal status in this country. But as a thi...

In the past decade, the reading scores of Hispanic and Latino students have improved by half a grade level, yet less than a quarter have tested proficient...

In the Long Beach Unified School District, Superintendent Chris Steinhauser actively recruits students to take Advanced Placement classes....