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EWA is in Northern California this week for our journalists-only seminar on assessments...

Since early November, American universities have entered the pool of applicants competing for federal funds to serve Hispanic students better....

Elizabeth Green, the author of “Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (And How to Teach It to Everyone), posed this question to a roomful of education...

Latino students’ math scores have dramatically improved over the past decade, according to a report released Monday that used data from the Nation’s Report ...

Name the batch of funding that accounts for a quarter of the money that public universities dole out in financial aid. Can’t?...

Far more students seeking higher education degrees are part-time, older than the traditional 18-22 set and well into their careers...

The goal is simple: create a “cradle-to-college-and-career strategy” to lessen the achievement gap among boys of color...

Hispanic voters consider education the most important issue this election season, according to a new report by Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project. ...

The nation’s charter schools sector appears poised for still more growth — and potentially increased geographic diversity — as several states that have lo...