" Migrants coming here as been a godsend " for New York City schools threatened with closure because of declining enrollment, Schools...

School-based mental health programs don't improve mental health or academic outcomes, concludes an analysis of the research by Carolyn D....

New Orleans is no longer an all-charter district.

Los Angeles Unified will let 10 schools with low-income students drop standardized tests in favor of their own assessments.

A majority of Wisconsin students -- about three out of five -- score below "proficient" on state tests, write Danielle DuClos and Kayla...

Overall, family poverty and reading problems go together. But some school districts are beating the odds.

The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...

Memorizing times tables has returned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, after a six-year exile, writes Todd Truitt. But he fears...

Harvard has added an introductory math course for students who are weak on basic algebra.

Paying chronic absentees $50 for each week of perfect attendance -- a desperation move in Oakland high schools -- hasn't made much of a...

Adding 20 days to the school year improved reading scores at two Richmond elementary schools.

Alicia Garcia was a part-time cooking teacher before the pandemic closed Florida schools, writes Ron Matus on Next Steps. Now the former...

He'd left his alcoholic, drug-addicted wife, taking custody of his teenage son. His son was bullied in middle school, then accused of...

The phone-free schools movement is spreading: South Carolina just became the latest state to restrict cellphones in school. Students will...

State report cards do a poor job of informing parents. IDEA charters want Texas parents to see their ratings.

Studying pop-song lyrics in English class doesn't prepare students for college reading or writing.

My sixth-grade teacher wanted us to read 10 books during the school year. Whenever we read a book, we were supposed to fill out an index...

Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.

Ninety percent of teachers in a NEA survey want their schools to ban cellphones in class, and 83 percent back all-day bans.

A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.