As we continue to honor 250 years of American independence, the most recent Nation’s Report Card shows we must renew our ...

Students enter Our Lady of Hungary Catholic School in South Bend, Indiana, for the first day of school in 2011. The new ...

Last week, I shared what I thought a blue wave in November might mean for education, addressing the questions I hear most frequently from journalists and education policy insiders. The column provoked ...

An experimental intervention in the 1980s raised certain test scores by two standard deviations. It wasn’t just tutoring, and it’s never been replicated, but it continues to inspire. Paul T. von ...

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What time should the school day begin? School start times vary considerably, both across the nation and within individual communities, with some schools beginning earlier than 7:30 a.m. and others ...

Across classrooms, schools, and communities, American students are far more diverse than their teachers. Some 79 percent of U.S. teachers are white compared to 44 percent of students. As a result, ...

The pressures of accountability may encourage school personnel to doctor the results from high-stakes tests. Here’s how to stop them. Brian A. Jacob Steven D. Levitt The Costano School in East Palo ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Dan Weisberg, Chief Program and Policy Officer at the Wallace Foundation ...

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Last week’s column on what the midterm elections could mean for education prompted a whole lot of reader mail ...

Excitement over the new school model elicits memories of charters in their prime and a chance to reflect on what they got right and wrong ...