For the better part of a century, most public school teachers in the United States were paid according to rigid “step and lane” systems, with pay and tenure based on education and years of experience.

But parents may yet awaken to the harm that a device-driven culture of corner-cutting and distraction is visiting upon their ...

A Head Start center in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of about 1,600 in operation across the U.S. as of late 2025. A proposed ...

Stuyvesant. Boston Latin. Bronx Science. Thomas Jefferson. Lowell. Illinois Math and Science Academy. These are some of the highest-achieving high schools in the United States. In contrast to elite ...

District leaders may be starting to see there’s more to be gained from embracing school choice than trying to eliminate it Anna J. Egalite The Browns are emblematic of the type of family that had sent ...

If school finances are tight, should salaries be allowed to lag inflation, or should the number of employees be gradually reduced through attrition? Which is more important: holding salaries intact or ...

Do parents have the right to opt their children out of instruction covering gender transition, pride parades, and same-sex romance? Parents rally outside the U.S. District Court in Montgomery County, ...

I hadn’t spoken to 22nd-Century Skills guru Paul Banksley for a few months. But with AI looming so large in the future of education, I wanted to get the celebrated innovator’s take on where things are ...

Dan Hamlin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Hamlin’s latest research, which looks to measure the growth and impact of microschools in ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews Angela R. Watson, senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy ...

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 ...

“Go into any inner-city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach kids to learn.They know that parents have to parent, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their ...