Education News

The percentage of public schools where more than three quarters of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch - a key indicator of poverty - has increased in the past decade, and children at these schools are less likely to attend college or be taught by teachers with advanced degrees....

We learn two things from this Jo-Ann Armao piece at the Washington Post. First, she watches a lot of TV.  Second, she asks the good question about whether all the attention on unions and negative press hasn’t actually caused at least some of the encouraging perestroika we’re seeing — at least from the AFT.

Principals claim up to 120 colleges may have to merge or work closely together in a federation basis in order to survive.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has called on university bosses to show restraint over their own pay.

Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million.

The Louisiana Senate narrowly passed a controversial proposal sought by Gov. Bobby Jindal to tie at least half of a teacher's review to student performance data.

An "unintended consequence" of No Child Left Behind has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said while promoting a civics website for students.

After six years in the U.S., secondary-level English-language learners still lack English proficiency, according to a new report.

Educators across the nation, concerned about the current state of teacher training, have begun to work together on what teacher education needs to look like in the future.

An 18-month investigation shows thousands of erasures on state test booklets

Investigation shows thousands of erasures on state tests