My grandfather, who came to the U.S. as a boy round about 1900 — one of those huddled masses sailing past the Statue of Liberty — went to...

As a math teacher I’m often presented with what, if you think about it, is blatant rudeness: Other:  What do you do? Me:  I’m a math...

Andrew Cohn’s Night School follows three adults seeking high school diplomas in Indianapolis. The documentary features Greg Henson, a...

A “language of privilege” excludes those not born to the educated classes, writes Robert Pondiscio,in response to New York Times...

“Last-chance” schools are providing alternatives to troubled students, writes Natalie Gross for the Hechinger Report. Many use...

A Manhattan charter schools that serves the neediest teens — many of them homeless — is likely to exceed the the city’s overall...

Boys Latin Of Philadelphia Charter School will be featured on NBC’s Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. The motto of the school, which...

Only 4 percent of schools have closed the economic achievement gap, according to the Education Equality Index. Brownsville, Texas, a...

“Every morning, I stand behind the metal detectors, searching bags as students enter the school,” writes Adam Stumacher, director of...

People who exercise choice in educating their own children want black parents to exercise patience, writes Sharif El-Mekki, principal of...

Teens Take Charge publicizes students’ views on school segregation in New York City. Photo: Brett Rawson When Yacine Fall went from a...

Integrated schools won’t close the racial achievement gap, argues Rafiq R. Kalam Id-Din II in an Education Week commentary. Black...

Parents who have a choice tend to choose high-scoring schools! And those schools usually have lots of affluent and middle-class white and...

Unstable parenting, poverty, a violent environment and other “adverse childhood experiences” contribute to “toxic stress” that impairs...

Students at KIPP South Fulton Academy in Atlanta. “No excuses” charters are more effective ways to improve prospects for disadvantaged...

Black students are more likely to complete high school and consider college if they have at least one black teacher in elementary school,...

Teachers leave schools because of poor working conditions — not because students come from poor families, concludes Teacher Turnover in...

Creating schools that “work for everybody” is a challenge, writes Education Week‘s Catherine Gewertz. When the bell rings at Wheaton...

Millions of Americans start college, but never finish a degree. Why not? Poor preparation and too many competing responsibilities,...

Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell was born poor and black in North Carolina in 1930. In a Wall Street Journal interview with Tunku Varadarajan,...