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In a recent column about the role of parental involvement in school, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez took issue with a local school board’s practice o...

I recently had the chance tointerview author and educational psychologist David Berliner, the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University, over o...

Educational psychologist David Berliner, the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University, spoke with EWA about high-stakes testing, accountabilit...

New research from the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences shows that bilingual babies stay open to different speech sounds fo...

Brian Lenze is starting his fifth year teaching high school biology–including honors and Advanced Placement classes–at Coronado High School in Henderson, Ne...

The September issue of Smithsonian magazine includes this fascinating piece about the school system in Finland, which is routinely ranked among the best in the ...

As school districts search for ways to accommodate growing immigrant populations, one trend seems to be emerging: separate schools for newcomers...

With rising tuition costs at the nation’s colleges and universities, more people are starting to ask “Is college worth it?”...

As wave after wave of budget cuts hits school districts around the country, it’s worthwhile to ask who the cutbacks are hurting the most....