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With SAT scores coming out today, we thought it would be a good time to feature this November, 2011 webinar that explores some of the reasons SAT scores can flu...

The findings paint a picture of a new generation of teachers who have high expectations for their students and a strong desire to build a profession based on hi...

EWA spoke Shelby McIntosh, a research associate at the Center on Education Policy, about the new report High School Exit Exams: A Policy in Transition...

In the “Obamacare” ruling, NFIB v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court told us that conditions attached to federal spending are unenforceable if they cross the line...

A study released this week shed some positive light on the nurturing nature of Mexican immigrant mothers, while at the same time confirming that a warm home env...

South Texas cities with large Latino populations are some of the least diverse communities in America, according to a US2010 Project study of Census data....

California is no stranger to pushing the policy envelope, but a bill sitting on the governor’s desk could dramatically alter the way professors earn tenure...

The California-based Puente Project's goal is to increase the number of Latinos graduating from four-year colleges, and then to urge those graduates to return t...

A school in Southern California put the kibosh on a series of events that included students dressing up as gang members and a pregnant woman pushing a baby stro...