Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of two university professors, was admitted to Hastings law school via a program for applicants...

"Free" tuition has boosted two-year graduation rates in Tennessee, but low-income students need more help to complete a degree.

In cities with at least a third of students in charters or other choice schools, students are narrowing achievement gaps.

Schools that help disadvantaged students achieve focus on consistently good teaching, a strong, shared curriculum and lots of collaboration.

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

My visiting eight-month-old granddaughter crawl-flopped past the teething toys to chew on the metal leg of the coffee table. "Try the...

Socioeconomic status explains some of the Black/White achievement gap and most of the Hispanic/White achievement gap.

Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...

“Parents should absolutely be the primary stakeholders in their kids' education, and anyone who disagrees should stay the hell away from...

Minority students are only slightly less likely to write about their racial or ethnic identity in college admissions essays , according...

"Anti-racism" is a kind of "neo-racism," argues Coleman Hughes in his new book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind...

The Peacocks of Saint Peter’s University were blown out of the NCAA basketball tournament in the first round, losing to University of...

Funding schools based on enrollment rather than attendance would be "more equitable," a superintendent told Rick Hess as they waited to...

"Luxury beliefs" -- the idea that monogamy is outdated, drugs are harmless and success comes from luck rather than hard work -- are fine...

"Anti-racists" are demoralizing black students, write Julian Adorney and Jake Mackey on Quillette. Teenage depression and suicide rates...

The "new normal" of student behavior -- a toxic mix of disrespect, disruption, violence and apathy -- is driving teachers to despair,...

Expanding free preschool is a progressive priority. Early experiments in the 1960s and 1970s -- Perry Preschool program and the...

College admissions are "murky," and getting murkier, writes Peter Arcidiacono, a Duke economics professor, on Persuasion. "Test-optional"...

"The basic philosophy of the Advanced Placement Program is simply that all students are not created equal," said the program's director,...

Wealthy parents raise high-scoring children, according to new SAT and ACT data, reports Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times....