A must read (or listen) story from NPR summarizes new research showing that intensive reading programs can produce measurable changes in the structure...

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Al Sharpton writes in his column for The Washington Post that today's young Americans need better heros and role models, and that we all need to start...

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The South has become the first region in the country where more than half of public school students are poor and more than half are members of minorit...

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In her blog for The Wall Street Journal, Sue Shellenbarger writes about the issue of helping kids with homework, and whether or not parents should ste...

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Over the past several years, scientists have looked deeper into how brains age and confirmed that they continue to develop through and beyond middle a...

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In this must-read article from The New York Times, Benedict Carey profiles an early education math program in which students from low-income communiti...

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After years of talk and stalled efforts, the creation of a national certification program for principals is finally under way, with plans to launch th...

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The National Assessment of Educational Progress released its trend analysis of the nation's largest cities; the District of Columbia, Boston and San D...

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New York Times Columnist Bob Herbert writes that "the greatest national security crisis in the United States is education."   To help address the...

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Washington Post Education Columnist Jay Mathews looks at the report on extended learning time released today by the National Center on Time & Lear...

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