Can schools teach creativity, collaboration and critical thinking -- and measure it?

How low can college-readiness expectations go?

What's a diploma worth in Massachusetts? Without a state test requirement, graduation rates -- but not test scores -- are way up in Boston.

Screening students' math fluency and providing help to those falling behind has improved achievement in Alabama -- and England.

Dual enrollment helps Texas students do well after graduation, but taking college-prep classes has no benefit, says a new study.

Inflating grades and dumbing-down tests is giving high achievers no way to show their competence.

Unless public funding is linked to testing, there's now way to know if choice programs are improving student achievement.

Learning may not always be fun, but kids need to know it's worth the effort.

States are dropping graduation exams to hide the failure to prepare all students for work, job training and college.

Asian-American achievers don't just study for tests. They participate in sports, art, music and dance.

When AI reads college application essays, "it doesn't get grumpy" or "have a bad day," says Virginia Tech vice provost.

Should testing be required to see if students are learning in publicly funded choice programs?

At elite universities, growing numbers of students receive special treatment for ADHD, anxiety, depression and other conditions now considered disabilities.

Streamline high school course requirements.

Low math scores have pushed New Zealand and England to adopt explicit, structured teaching "mastering the basics before you move on."

Without SAT or ACT scores, University of California at San Diego is seeing a "steep decline" in academic readiness.

Bullying is the primary reason parents use choice programs to flee public schools.

A fuzzy "portrait of a graduate" will replace New York's Regents exams.

AI is destroying the value of a college degree -- everyone's cheating -- and taking entry-level jobs from new graduates.

Everyone says they value a rigorous education -- but many don't want to do the work.