International students play a key role in university research and tech entrepreneurship -- and their tuition keeps colleges open.

Teenagers aren't learning work skills in entry-level jobs. Employers prefer to hire immigrants.

"Gratitude is the lifeblood of healthy schools and civic institutions, writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. Despite " classroom materials that depict Thanksgiving as just another evil exercise in settler colonialism," he writes, most teachers think schools should teach that the U.S. is "a fundamentally good country. " And they want to "teach students to question the policies of their nation’s government." That's right, Hess writes. Students should count our blessings a

The world offers "beauty, progress and opportunity," not just "hardship and injustice."

Teachers are seeing more middle and high school students who lack basic reading skills.

Streamline high school course requirements.

It's easier to apply to college, as less-selective schools try to "put butts in the seats." But are high school graduates prepared?

Corporate blather won't restore faith in higher education, argues an English professor whose department may be merged into Human Narratives and Creative Expression.

Teaching knowledge and vocabulary helps students learn, but education professors prefer "engagement" to learning.

Relying on AI to do the math for you is "a recipe for idiocracy."

U.S. students' future earnings -- and the economy as a whole -- will be much lower because of declining achievement in math and reading.

Low math scores have pushed New Zealand and England to adopt explicit, structured teaching "mastering the basics before you move on."

Ford can't find auto mechanics -- for $120,000 a year. Most high school graduates don't know enough math (or read well enough) to succeed in job training.

To protect teens from digital addiction, parents must take charge.

Students are using Chromebooks and iPads, starting in kindergarten. Most teachers say devices cause distractions.

Instead of trying to be entertainers, teachers should teach students to listen, respond to classmates' ideas and pay attention.

A third of high school graduates (or less) are ready for college math and reading, but a majority will enroll in four-year colleges.

"Comprehensive" will mean "completely lousy" in Illinois' new school accountability system.

Without SAT or ACT scores, University of California at San Diego is seeing a "steep decline" in academic readiness.

AI is transforming teaching and learning, but maybe not for the better.