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The details of the indictment are stunning - teachers and school administrators allegedly engaged in a vast conspiracy, all for the sake of making Atlanta’s ...

How bad does a public school system need to be for the state to take over? Are low student test scores alone enough? And what is a realistic time frame for the ...

As more education reform efforts lean on technology to try to improve schools and lift student achievement, policy makers are grappling with a tricky reality: a...

When I was in the fifth grade, Fridays always meant math drills. Our teacher stood over us with a stopwatch in one hand and a gym whistle in the other...

EWA recently held a one-day seminar focused on STEM education at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County...

Joel Packer is executive director of the Committee for Education Funding, which lobbies on behalf of a diverse membership of more than 100 organizations includi...

Every year, the College Board releases its Advanced Placement Report to the Nation. It’s a virtual treasure trove of data on the college preparatory course ex...

Teachers can use positive intervention strategies to help overcome the “stereotype threat” that Latino students often feel, a recent Stanford University stu...

Politicians and CEOs alike deplore the lack of graduates with the skills to fill science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs....