The highest-scoring school district in the country isn't a school district, reports Sarah Mervosh in the New York Times. The "Defense...

Halloween has been canceled at schools in New Jersey's South Orange-Maplewood School District. No costumes, no parades, no...

Cancel culture -- "campaigns to get people fired, disinvited, deplatformed, or otherwise punished" for dissenting from orthodox views --...

California students will be taught to write in cursive, reports NPR. A new law signed -- in cursive -- by the governor takes effect in...

Despite the surge in colleges going "test optional," the number of students taking the SAT "is growing back to pre-pandemic figures,"...

Wealthy parents raise high-scoring children, according to new SAT and ACT data, reports Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times....

Rewarding mediocrity is a losing strategy for America, writes Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion 3.0, on Education Next. U.S....

"The most popular high school grade in America" is "A," writes Tim Donahue, who teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day...

Oregon won't require students to show mastery of reading, writing or math to collect a high school diploma, reports Sami Edge in The...

U.S. students should get a high school diploma when they meet state standards in core subjects, writes Checker Finn. It doesn't matter...

You can't win if you don't play. The only way to improve student achievement is to "get butts in seats," writes Jessica Grose in the New...

Rayna Freedman, who teaches fifth grade in Massachusetts, teachers her students how to apologize, reports Kara Newhouse for KQED's...

"Belonging" has joined "diversity," "equity" and "inclusion" (and sometimes "access") as the newest buzzword on college campuses, writes ...

Schools are going phone free to remove distractions in class and encourage students to socialize in their free time, report Meg Oliver...

Students need to get up from their desks, away from their screens and into shop, home ec and other hands-on classes, opines Pamela Paul...

U.S. teenagers average 4.8 hours a day on social media apps such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter),...

Holding kids back if they're way behind in reading is very controversial, but new research shows that repeating a grade in elementary...

Middle schoolers who read at the first, second and third-grade level won't read "baby books" and can't read grade-level books, says...

"When schools fail to teach reading, it harms the public's trust in schools," writes Kendra Hurley in Slate. Her children's Brooklyn...

Hiring a "chief diversity officer" doesn't close achievement gaps, concludes an analysis by Jay P. Greene and Madison Marino of the...