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A new report, produced by the Migration Policy Institute, notes that while high schools can play a significant role in aiding DACA-eligible candidates there’s...

Six law schools in California are boosting their efforts to increase diversity in the legal profession, providing financial-aid counseling, admission-test prep ...

Student participation in Mexican-American studies can be linked to better outcomes on state standardized tests and increased chances of earning a high school di...

Games might provide a better way for teachers to figure out what students know....

This month, the Los Angeles Times wrote about California’s status as the first state in the country to create a program aimed at improving the English fluency...

If tough school discipline measures are meant to maintain stability in the classroom, then a new definition of stable might be in order: A new study argues high...

It wasn’t long ago unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas border made the headlines of every major news network in the country — stories often ...

Children are “Too Small To Fail” — the name of one organization that’s teamed up to focus on improving early learning results among Hispanic children. ...

What if student's field trips actually had a proven, tangible benefit to student learning? That’s the premise set out in a new study by Jay P. Greene, a profe...