"No excuses" charters were closing achievement gaps, until "equity" crusaders persuaded them to lower academic and behavioral expectations.

"No excuses" urban charters were closing achievement gaps, until they adopted "anti-racist" and "social justice" ideology, argues a charter founder fired for backing high expectations.

Eighteen months of remote schooling broke the culture of excellence at Baltimore's City College high school.

Schools need to focus on teaching academics rather than trying to end injustice or combat climate change.

If schools can't hold students accountable, nobody's going to learn anything.

Teenagers are working less and earning higher grades. Everybody's "phoning it in."

When states are judged by how well students overcome disadvantages, Mississippi is a winner and high-scoring Massachusetts is mediocre.

Schools that help disadvantaged students achieve focus on consistently good teaching, a strong, shared curriculum and lots of collaboration.

Achievement fell in charters that replaced the "no excuses" model with "anti-racist practices."

Funding schools based on enrollment rather than attendance would be "more equitable," a superintendent told Rick Hess as they waited to...

It's easier to get A's and harder to get an education, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. Expectations started falling and grades...

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

Linda Brown, who trained hundreds of charter leaders as leader of (Building Excellent Schools (ES), has died at the age of 81. Many of...

All Shaker Heights students take honors classes -- or classes with an "honors" label. The "enriched" and "advanced" tracks are gone,...

Juab School District in Utah focused on supporting students emotionally when schools reopened in fall of 2020. “We took care of our...

"Equitable grading" is supposed to be fairer to students who have trouble completing homework, getting to school on time and studying for...

My husband says this is "our song." I interpret it as: Have realistic expectations.

For a year or more, their high school classes were online. Perhaps they returned to an on-and-off schedule with frequent quarantine...

Asian-American students teachers earn high grades in advanced classes because teachers hold them to high expectations, argues Jennifer...

"All students can learn" was the school district's slogan, printed on the stationery back in the era when mission statements were new....