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Spanish professor Luis Fernando Restrepo wanted his children to be bilingual. But living in Arkansas — where Spanish classes aren’t offered until junior hig...
The phrase “Common Core test” turns out to encompass far more than most people realize....
Need a state or national statistic? There’s likely a federal data set for that...
Latinos older than age 5 are speaking English better now than the same demographic group did in 2000, a new Pew Research Center study shows....
Most students don’t study using methods backed by scientific research, panelists at the Education Writers Association’s deep dive on the science of learning...
It may be nestled near the middle in a list of the Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics, but Montclair State University in New Jersey received front cover-worthy reco...
Back in December, reporter Lauren Foreman of the Bakersfield Californian sent an email titled “Banned from classrooms” to a group of education journalists....
American eighth-graders continue to demonstrate lackluster knowledge and skills when asked basic questions about U.S. history, geography, and civics, with betwe...
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