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Sixteen-year-old boys with third grade reading and math skills are exactly the pupils a Chicago tutoring experiment is targeting — and helping. ...
Three decades ago, some Latinos said they didn’t feel welcome on the “overwhelmingly white” University of California, Santa Barbara campus, according to s...
The United States spent $600 billion to fund public education in the nation’s K-12 schools in 2011, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department ...
In early education, elementary, high school and undergraduate college programs, Latinos represent the second largest group of students, according to a new repor...
The United States has a gifted and talented student problem: Mainly, too few of the nation’s students score high on domestic and international assessments, an...
For the policy wonks and advocates hoping for more than a passing mention of K-12 education in President Obama’s State of the Union, it was a long 59 minutes....
A community college computer-science class made up mostly of Latinos has set its sights on bringing more diversity to the technology industry. ...
Today is a federal holiday, which means offices and schools are closed in Washington, D.C., as well as many other parts of the country. But it’s not an automa...
In a union vote Wednesday, Boston teachers approved the school district’s plan to add 40 minutes to the K-8 instructional day at more than 50 campuses....
