Colleges are adjusting to increasing contact with adults who are more ingrained in their children’s lives than ever.

The gap is smallest in Southeast states, widest in the Far West.

A glimpse of the Trump administration’s 2018 education budget proposal illustrates drastic changes to the federal education system.  In documents obtained by The Washington Post, The Department of Education could experience more than a $9 billion cut. The proposal, which must be…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is set to reveal the Trump administration’s plans for school choice programs Monday, according to a new report.  DeVos is slated to speak at an Indiana summit hosted by the American Federation for Children, a group…

The Every Student Succeeds Act hands states plenty of flexibility to define school success, figure out new ways to intervene in their worst-performing schools, and set academic priorities for schools. But some states have decided to punt these sorts of…

It’s too early to tell whether the opt-out rates for the number of students choosing not to take the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) in math, reading and science are continuing to climb. That’s because this year’s test scores and participation…

About this time every year, roughly 5,000 North Carolina 8-year-olds show they’re ready to shine. Despite the obstacles of poverty that hobble so many of their classmates, these third-graders from low-income homes take their first state exams and score at…

The Texas Senate passed a bill Wednesday, 17-13, that would bar school officials from suspending students in third grade and lower. Senate Bill 370, by state Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, makes some exceptions for violent behavior, bringing a weapon onto…

A GAO study of 75 grants worth $272 million in 2015 found that ED needs to better monitor whether the money it distributes to schools, districts, and nonprofits is being used effectively. The report showed that department employees were inconsistent…

Students enroll in a teacher’s classroom. Nine months later, they take a test. How much did the first event, the teaching, cause the second event, the test scores? Students have vastly different abilities and backgrounds. A great teacher could see…

The day Ayden came home from school with bruises, his mother started looking for a new school.  Ayden's a bright 9-year-old with a blond crew cut, glasses and an eager smile showing new teeth coming in. He also has autism,…

Alexandra Jabbarpour, 16, didn’t ask for permission when she started planning a symposium for technology-inclined girls who, like herself, will probably find themselves in male-dominated industries sometime soon. Before finding a venue or consulting adults at school, she began reaching…

Aquinas College has been awarded a three-year, $900,000 grant to help address the shortage of teachers of color in early childhood education classrooms from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, officials said Wednesday, May 17.  In partnership with the Early Learning Neighborhood…

he popular ed tech platform used by tens of millions of educators, parents, and students in classrooms around the world is the latest victim of a cyberattack that apparently targeted a majority of the company’s 78 million users.  A hacker…

Banding together to address what they say are “unacceptable” conditions inside many Philadelphia schools, a broad coalition of parents, environmental advocates, City Council members, and labor unions on Wednesday announced it had formed to partner with and pressure the city…