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In Finland you’re not supposed to wonder — let alone ask out loud — if one school is better than another. That’s because all Finnish schools are designe...

Latin Americans who migrate to the United States today are more likely to have achieved higher levels of education than their counterparts before them, accordin...

As reporters, we often take it for granted when we visit a high-poverty school that it will be surrounded by a similarly struggling neighborhood....

More Hispanic students in Music City are enrolled in music classes than ever before...

University of Louisville President James Ramsey made national headlines after he was photographed wearing a sombrero and multi-colored poncho at a Mexican-theme...

Predicting teacher “shortages,” evidently, is much like forecasting the apocalypse. It’s best to go into the enterprise with a flexible time frame...

There was plenty of levity on Twitter in the wake of Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s declaration that “we need more welders, less philosophe...

Mexican American children used to be separated from white students in schools because of their Hispanic surnames and the assumption that their English-language ...

Alternative routes to teacher certification have grown rapidly over the last three decades, with more programs popping up all over the country...