"Affirmative action," a euphemism for racial preferences, "is a misguided, discriminatory policy whose end is long overdue," writes...

Affirmative action in college admissions has failed to help disadvantaged black students, writes Bertrand Cooper in The Atlantic. If the...

America's 13-year-olds are moving backwards educationally, according to a new report on long term trends by the National Assessment of...

Half of adults disapprove of colleges considering race and ethnicity in admissions, while one third approve and the rest are unsure,...

The U.S. Supreme Court to end racial preferences in college admissions, very soon, just about everyone predicts. So what happens next?...

Finland has become a mecca for miracle-seeking educators, writes Sam Chaltain on Letters from the Future (of Learning). Teaching is an...

Sarah Olufemi-Dada is graduating from her Texas high school with a diploma, an associate science and a full scholarship to Stanford,...

Test scores are out. Everyone's got an A average. The "community service" trip to Mexico and the start-your-own-charity gambit are...

New Jersey just doubled the percentage of students who are "graduation ready" in reading, writes Chrif Cerf, the former state...

Most Americans -- "ordinary people" rather than academics -- believe in merit, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. They want to help...

"Equitable grading" is supposed to be fairer to students who have trouble completing homework, getting to school on time and studying for...

I'm so old I remember when segregation was considered a bad thing. Evanston Township High (ETHS), just north of Chicago, created...

Teaching knowledge is not just for Republicans or conservatives, writes Natalie Wexler on Minding the Gap. Anyone who values equity...

The goal was equity. The result: Meh. Frustrated by high failure rates in eighth-grade algebra, San Francisco Unified decided in 2015 to...

"Big tech" internships offer excellent pay, challenging work and valuable networking opportunities, writes Natasha Singer in the New York...

Not all education problems are solvable, if we just try hard enough or spend enough, argues Freddie DeBoer in a column on optimism bias. ...

Democrats are losing Asian-American voters, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. Asians, like Hispanics, are not radicals, he writes....

"Liberal Patriot" Ruy Teixeira advises Democrats to stop fighting culture wars and make peace with middle-ground voters. For example,...

An influx of unprepared students, admitted by a new lottery system, is destroying Philadelphia's top-ranked school, charges a report by...

Columbia University, know for its core curriculum in humanities, has become the first Ivy League school to drop SAT/ACT scores as an...