Merit pay raised students' scores in Dallas. Now Superintendent Mike Miles is bringing it to Houston.

Students are learning more at Houston schools that stress teacher-guided classrooms, structure and order.

Third-graders at Adrian Elementary School, in the poorest county in Oregon, have the highest reading proficiency scores in the state,...

Houston's radically redesigned elementary and middle schools posted higher math and reading scores in nearly every grade level in the...

After a state takeover of Houston schools, Superintendent Mike Miles has launched a very ambitious set of reforms for the city's...

Teachers will earn more and have "apprentices" and aides to handle mundane chores. They'll use scripted curricula instead of spending...