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

Growing up in a two-parent family is an enormous advantage, writes Melissa Kearney in The Two-Parent Privilege. It's the norm for...

Elite colleges have "rolled out new application questions this fall to provide students with opportunities to discuss their racial...

Culture explains why Asian-American students do so well in school, writes Helen Raleigh, who's Asian American, in The Federalist. It's...

Mentors, home visits, data analysis and movie visits for students and grocery gift cards for parents are among the strategies used to get...

There were high hopes for Akron's I Promise School when it opened in 2018, writes Mike Antonucci on The 74. With lots of extra funding...

Working for the summer pays off for teenagers from low-income families, concludes a study of Boston's summer job program. Winning the job...

Akron's I Promise School opened five years ago with high hopes and lots of extra funding from basketball star LeBron James' foundation....

Obsessing over who gets into elite colleges and universities is an odd preoccupation for progressives, argues Francisco Toro on...

The very rich are different: They can get their kids into ultra-selective universities. Upper-middle-class won't do it. And it helps -- a...

"Too many teachers mistake the generally sound advice to not provide a stand off with a student during class with "don't assert authority...

Abbott Elementary, a popular ABC sitcom about teachers at an inner-city Philadelphia school, is "entertaining but not elucidating" about...

Elite colleges should create and fund middle and high schools to educate disadvantaged students, writes Roland Fryer, a Harvard economics...

Harvard's admissions break for children of alumni and donors "discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost" to...

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on whether President Joe Biden has the authority to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans by...

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

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

Hard work pays off. Even those born in poverty can build a better life. Self-reliance is better than dependence. Not so, argues Alissa...

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

In Culver City (CA), ninth- and tenth-grade honors classes were eliminated, reports Sara Randazzo in the Wall Street Journal. Officials...