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While universities have come under increased scrutiny for rising costs, they’re still the best tickets future workers have to securing long-term financial sta...

Bill Gates became intrigued with the idea of creating a more accessible and engaging, high school world history curriculum after watching a series of videos fea...

NPR reported last year that though college enrollment dropped in the United States from 2011 to 2012, Latino enrollment spiked by almost 500,000 students....

In a new report, researchers say they found a link between higher rates of student absenteeism and lower scores in reading and mathematics on a nationwide exam....

For years, students attending the Los Angeles Unified School District could earn citations from police officers for behaviors such as fighting...

A new round of opposition to planned changes in how high schools teach U.S. history is conjuring up its own echoes of the past....

New approaches to dropout prevention was the focus of a discussion panel at EWA’s 67th National Seminar, held in May at Vanderbilt University in Chicago....

PolitiFact fact-checked an Internet meme claim that a summer of minimum wage work in 1978 would generate enough income to pay for one year of university tuition...

Are fourth graders computer-savvy enough to have their writing skills measured in an online assessment?...