Dear Graduates: It is now the middle of college graduation season, and we will not be making any commencement addresses. Read More

The NYU Executive Committee of the Student Government Assembly expressed "profound disappointment" that their graduation speaker was to be... Read More

As some institutions try to clamp down on classroom discussion, others are providing students with skills to discuss difficult subjects with... Read More

Maya Sulkin visits Alpha School, where there are no teachers, classes last two hours, and students earn $100 for a perfect test. Is this the... Read More

Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and... Read More

Sean Wang, an assistant professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), filed suit against the university for unlawful discrimination in... Read More

The United States Department of Justice concluded that the Yale School of Medicine violated federal law by discriminating based on race in... Read More

A new Fordham report estimates the value of earning industry-recognized credentials and certificates as part of high school CTE pathways. The... Read More

Last Thursday, the inevitable happened. In the middle of finals at many colleges, a hacking group called ShinyHunters breached the security... Read More

AI is accelerating grade inflation, research indicates, and making it harder for employers to size up graduates. Read More

Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. Read More

I do not think of myself as an especially permissive or relaxed parent — I only seem low-key and non-anxious compared to Kate. But I... 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

Reversing the decline of trust in America’s universities will be impossible without thoroughly assessing the politicization of the... Read More

Almost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score... Read More

Amira is listening to the kindergarteners read aloud. A classroom full of 5-year-olds is a hectic place, so kids are advised to speak up... Read More

Screen time gets the blame, but the increase in diagnoses comes more from subjective criteria interacting with financial incentives. Read More

Princeton University is ending its 133-year no-proctor exam tradition, with all in-person tests set to be monitored starting July 1.  Read More

Alternative grading schemes, often implemented to promote “equity,” reward students based on quantity of effort rather than quality of... Read More

I wish I could stop writing about replicability in psychology. But recently I had a set of experiences that made it clear that our issues are... Read More

Student government leaders at New York University are objecting to his selection as the graduation speaker at Yankee Stadium — calling... Read More

Every decade, after each United States census, states engage in redistricting, the redrawing of congressional and state legislative... Read More

I want to say something to the Class of 2026 that Sarah Lawrence College did not say at Commencement. They deserve to hear it plainly. Read More

Foreign influence is reaching into our children's schools in Texas and around the United States. Kids are being exposed to lesson plans and... Read More

The Department of Education is proposing a new rule that threatens to close 92% of beauty and wellness schools across the U.S., eliminating... Read More