Taking AP Calculus is almost obligatory for students applying for top colleges, even if they aren't interested in math or science majors.

Texas' board of education has narrowly approved a new K-5 curriculum that includes Bible stories , reports Shaun Rabb for Fox News....

"We're in the midst of an "education depression," an "era of shrinking outcomes and opportunity," writes Tim Daly. From 1990 to 2013,...

A Massachusetts ballot measure ending state graduation requirements is backed by 58% of voters, says new poll.

Grading may be stressful, writes George Leef on the Martin Center for Academic Renewal. It may deliver unwelcome news to students or...

Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.

Even elite colleges don't read very much and have trouble staying focused on books.

States are hiding pandemic learning loss by lowering the bar for "proficiency" on state tests.

When I was in school in the '60s, we read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights , Great Expectations, Hard Times, Canterbury Tales, The...

Los Angeles Unified will let 10 schools with low-income students drop standardized tests in favor of their own assessments.

Wisconsin is lowering expectations for students.

Most grades don't match students' test scores, according to the Equitable Grading Project.

Massachusetts could roll back reforms that made it a model of educational excellence.

Advanced Placement scores were released this week, and they're higher than ever. But not necessarily because students are learning more....

Yale is not “being honest about the reality of our admissions process” because the university is “denying 98 percent of the students who...

New York plans to let students earn a high school diploma without passing Regents exams.

San Diego 11th-grade students are passing classes, but failing proficiency tests.

It's time to dump college admissions essays, writes Matthew Levey on The 74. Test scores and good grades in challenging courses are...

Asking students to rate their teachers is a dubious way to evaluate teachers' competence, writes Vladimir Kogan, a Ohio State political...

Adam Kotsko, who teaches humanities at a small liberal arts college, finds that even his best students are unprepared to read and...