Helping students early -- before they fall off the academic cliff -- can be effective. The longer schools wait, the worse the outcomes.

The "whole child" needs to be able to read, write and calculate to achieve "wellness." Dental care isn't the top job.

Public schools cost $1 trillion a year with high-poverty, non-white districts and schools getting more. But achievement is "uneven."

We're not going to fix urban schools by fixing "root causes" of poverty. But we could teach reading effectively.

Black fourth-graders in Mississippi, one of our poorest states, are two-and-a-half times more likely to be proficient in reading as black students in California.

"Progressives" don't want to believe education reforms can help poor children learn more.

Let's learn from schools where disadvantaged children are becoming proficient readers.

Professors will be asked to relax deadlines, attendance policies and grading standards to help low-income, minority and first-generation students at University of Nebraska Kearney.

Teachers are being encouraged not to report suspected child neglect or abuse -- or chronic absenteeism -- to keep families together.

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.

Education reformers -- and donors -- have lost heart because it's so hard to create and scale long-term change

To offer a demanding, powerful curriculum to every child is not elitist. It is egalitarian.

Black students are suspended more than whites, but the disparities seem linked to behavior and family poverty rather than racism.

Mississippi should be a role model for the nation in how to teach reading, along with Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, but old stereotypes persist.

Ohio's EdChoice vouchers are under legal attack: A new study says they help disadvantaged students.

What if a school provided help with parenting, health and wellness and social services? A Zuckerberg-funded experiment is closing, an apparent failure.

Universities can enhance diversity by giving an admissions break to disadvantaged students of all races. It's legal and it's good politics.

Steubenville's families are struggling to make a living -- but their children are excellent readers.

As achievement falls, the "honesty gap" grows.

Pandemic learning loss averaged half a year for most students, but the neediest students lost more in reading and math.