For social studies teachers, the founding of the United States and July 4th--particularly this July 4th--presents an array of contradictions. Read More

As of this writing, 31 states have opted into (or signaled their intent to opt into) the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. Read More

The failure of much educational technology is fueling a broad anti-screen movement. But artificial intelligence forces a difficult... Read More

The following is a personal reminiscence given in 2016 at a memorial conference in honor of Mark A. Kishlansky, who was Frank B. Baird, Jr.,... Read More

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, upholding West Virginia's and Idaho's laws that bar transgender athletes who identify as women from competing in... Read More

Whatever your views on transgender athletes and sports, it is important to see the bigger picture: these bans are about far more than... Read More

Last summer, Congress put in place a new system of federal accountability for colleges that will force institutional leaders to grapple with... Read More

Under Secretary Nicholas Kent said Tuesday that the agency needs to make the process for college mergers, acquisitions and even closures “a... Read More

States that ambitiously pledged to cut chronic absenteeism in half are doing better than national average, but it’s not enough, one expert... Read More

The U.S. Dept. of Education called chronic absenteeism a crisis in 2015. The rate of students missing school regularly has only soared since... Read More

The loan limits are just one set of new policies taking effect this week that are expected to reshape higher education. Read More

New research is giving us a clearer picture of student outcomes, but we still don’t know enough about what happens to young people after... Read More

For centuries, scrolls burned to a crisp by Vesuvius seemed permanently sealed. Now AI is helping scholars recover books the ancient world... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard—which effectively banned racial preferences in higher... Read More

This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them. Read More

INTRODUCTION It feels surreal to be a public education advocate from Mississippi these days. After decades of derision, my home state has... Read More

This piece was featured in The Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed , among other sources. Read More

Average grades continue to rise in the United States, raising the question of how grade inflation impacts students Read More

Utah Rep. Burgess Owens dismisses impeachment actions against McMahon as "completely unserious." Read More

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that... Read More

The Education Scorecard overlooks Common Core's role in declining student achievement in the US. Read More

 The U.S. Education Department ⁠said ⁠on Monday it was finalizing ⁠new federal student loan rules that would tie schools' federal... Read More

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Last week, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association sent an open letter urging Democratic governors to... Read More

Diljeet Dosanjh Taylor, an outspoken feminist in Mormon country, has helped make Brigham Young University into a running powerhouse. Read More

Once enough students receive extra time, private testing rooms, and deadline extensions, their classmates face a choice: seek the same... Read More

For decades, disability policy has been fragmented across multiple federal agencies as Congress created new programs. Children receive... Read More

We exercised our school choice recently. That is, we moved. We had been in our old place for a long time. Read More