Cleveland needs to close small, high-cost schools -- even the "pockets of excellence" -- to fund programs for all students, says the school district chief.

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

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

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

Why settle for 21st-century edubabble when you can sell 22nd-century skills?

As teachers try to get students to "sit down, focus and learn," researchers priorities are equity, justice and identity.

Doing what works -- and avoiding fads and ideology -- would improve learning dramatically.

The idea of a student being "Nature Intelligent" is so much more palatable than "Unable to Do Trigonometry Intelligent."

Teachers and professors are told to "meet students where they are," but not how to get them where they need to be.

One third of students in mostly black districts aren't enrolled in traditional public schools.

Students who say "no" to AI are willing work harder to build writing and thinking skills -- and to maintain their self-respect and their "humanity."

New Orleans schools have improved dramatically since Katrina forced radical changes 20 years ago. That means going from "F" to "C."

High expectations are worth a few tears.

After two years of Superintendent Mike Miles' reforms, 74 percent of Houston students are in A/B schools and zero are in "F" schools.

The success of a "community school" is whether it hires staff and offers programs -- not whether extra services lead to student success -- says Chicago's mayor.

Michigan is spending more on schools and students are learning less.

New York spends a lot on schools and doesn't get much for the money.

Seeking stronger academics and less disruption, parents are choosing private schooling and homeschooling over public middle schools.

Students want to read great books and talk about the meaning of life, but college administrators don't see the value, writes a philosophy professor.

Student-led discussions fail less-prepared physics students -- they need the professor -- but work for well-prepared students.