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Students at the MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland don’t sit through lectures all day. They learn through projects, like designing and building above-ground ga...

From room mom to PTA president, parents have long played an important and active part in their children’s schools. But increasingly, parents are taking on a n...

Tensions between charter schools and traditional public schools are a fact of life nationwide, but few places have seen the debate play out with higher stakes a...

While many high schools focus a lot of energy on getting students into college, admissions is only the first step....

The nation’s public schools are serving increasingly diverse populations of students, yet the teachers in those schools are mostly white....

Days after Donald Trump won the White House, the Brookings Institution published an essay suggesting the 2016 presidential election should serve as a “Sputnik...

When it comes to their children’s education, what are parents’ biggest concerns? Paying for college is No. 1. After that, they worry about their children’...

Launched this year, the new program from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will award its first full scholarships to 300 students in 2018. The support will in...

With enrollment in public prekindergarten programs at a record high, there is a growing emphasis on building stronger connections between children’s early lea...