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The main study in this ongoing series by the University of Washington’s Center on Reinventing Public Education evaluated the student demographics, learning pr...

A DePauw University journalism professor turned a student’s underage drinking arrest into a teachable moment about public records that his class – and the r...

School districts across the country are on the defensive because of an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation that has been raising questions about the vali...

This paper highlights from a survey by Common Core and the Farkas Duffett Research Group Sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the American Federation of Teacher...

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has suggested that America’s students would be better off with less federal involvement in their learning, and...

Schools that offer dual-language programs rather than traditional transitional bilingual programs are increasing rapidly in Texas....

Researchers at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA released a trio of studies this month showing that while community colleges are the gateway to higher education ...

Utah might be the Beehive State, but bees could be dropped from the required public school curriculum. Lawmakers are considering making sex education instructio...

The economic climate has been particularly painful for adults with limited academic backgrounds, leading to a renewed push to expand resources and offer support...