Curriculum
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Standardized testing has loomed larger on the education beat this school year than ever before, as most states rolled out new assessments pegged to the Common Core
How do teachers and parents determine whether school reform is effective? Hint: it’s not all about test scores
Student-centered learning is gaining ground nationally as a strategy to rethink classroom instruction, setting new expectations for schooling as a collaborative effort
Decades of research suggest that some types of arts education can lead to academic improvements
While students might be basking in a long summer break, that leisure time carries a heavy price tag: on average, students will return to school in the fall a month behind where they performed in the spring
Analysts have long seen a connection between problem charters and the process for deciding who gets a charter to operate in the first place