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Education might seem more incendiary and political than ever before, but author Dana Goldstein argues that today’s biggest policy fights aren’t exactly new ...
Hispanic voters consider education the most important issue this election season, according to a new report by Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project. ...
The nation’s charter schools sector appears poised for still more growth — and potentially increased geographic diversity — as several states that have lo...
Deborah Loewenberg Ball began her career as an elementary school teacher, working for 15 years with a diverse population of students. But math stumped her....
Campaign finance might seem like the exclusive province of political reporters, but there are many good reasons why you should be paying attention – both in r...
“For decades, whenever you mention the word ‘education’ next to the word ‘Latino,’ the news that follows or the information that follows is not the mo...
In 2011, researchers at Texas A&M University found that black and Latino students, were twice as likely to receive an out-of-school suspension for their first o...
For new teachers, the first few years on the job can present a steep learning curve...
Amid the strong and growing drumbeat of complaints about overtesting at the K-12 level, many education reporters and others may be left wondering how much time ...