Public schools don't have a monopoly any more. Parents are using taxpayer-funded school choice to find alternatives.

Seeking stronger academics and less disruption, parents are choosing private schooling and homeschooling over public middle schools.

Choice scholarships let parents pay for a la carte classes, rewarding schools that serve their needs.

Teachers' unions and community groups make it very, very hard to close high-cost, low-enrollment schools.

Schools are trying to solve every student's every problem, but neglecting their academic mission.

Seattle is closing special schools for advanced students -- and losing students to private schools.

" Migrants coming here as been a godsend " for New York City schools threatened with closure because of declining enrollment, Schools...

The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...

Chicago Public Schools doubled per-student spending since 2012, according to a report by the Illinois Policy Institute. Achievement is...

California's public schools have "lost" 87,000 students, according to an analysis by Thomas Dee, a Stanford professor, and AP. An...

Urban charter schools use "fewer dollars to achieve better outcomes" than traditional public schools enrolling similar students,...

Public schools are trouble. Trust is low. Enrollment is falling. Parents are embracing new alternatives. Is transgender policy the hill...

Doonesbury foresaw the trend 20 years ago: Desperate to counteract falling enrollment, colleges are admitting students who haven't...

Kindergarten enrollment has fallen by 17 percent in the last six years in district school in New York City, reports the New York Post. In...

New York City schools are spending more while enrolling fewer students, reports Kristina Watrobski for Crisis in the Classroom. Since...

Teacher hiring is about to fall off that fiscal cliff districts were warned about, write Katherine Silberstein and Marguerite Roza of...

The U.S. has led the world in higher education but our "university system is beginning to molder," writes Adrian Wooldridge in Bloomberg....

Four- and five-year-olds are in short supply in Portland, Oregon, reports Rachel Saslow in Williamette Week. Schools are competing for...

Community college was "a weird maze," recalls Santos Enrique Camara, who'd hoped to study audio engineering at Washington's Shoreline...

"Faced with millions in budget shortfalls and declining enrollment," Seattle Public Schools is looking at closing schools and laying off...