Schools are the main providers of breakfast and lunch for many students across the nation. And with an outbreak of a parasite ...

The new Education Department in 1980 promulgated its first disparate-impact regulations and updated them over the years. In 2001, the Supreme Court in Alexander v. Sandoval ruled that there was no ...

For more than half a century, as spelled out in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal government has funded a set of “equity assistance centers”—small nonprofit organizations initially focused on ...

Teachers want to ward off the dreaded summer slide in reading. Without consistent practice, students can lose critical skills like fluency, comprehension, and literacy during the summer break.

Recruiting enough teachers certified to teach English-language development has historically been a challenge for schools across the country. New national survey data from the EdWeek Research Center ...

I am so tired of hearing about teacher shortages,” she said, “when I just had to tell three excellent teachers their ...

Absenteeism rates, which spiked during the pandemic, still haven’t fallen back to previous levels. A new study adds to the ...

Policymakers and school districts are rushing to ban student cellphone use in schools and even curtail the time kids spend on ...

The study shows that verbal aggression—including obscene gestures, offensive remarks, and intimidation—grew most ...

Superintendents’ top concerns in 2026 are budget shortfalls and declining enrollment—a significant shift from a year ago, ...

They found that 3rd graders who were identified as at-risk for retention did better on end-of-year reading and math tests ...

More than 500,000 public comments, including those from school districts, have poured in about proposed rule changes.