Colleges and universities are closing or merging at a the rate of one per week, double last year's rate, reports Hechinger's Jon Marcus....

Borrow a bundle to go to a prestigious private college? Or go to your state's flagship state university for slightly less status and a...

Brandeis has extended its application deadline for transfers and promised to make room for students seeking an environment “free of...

Eric Eiswert was suspended as principal of a Baltimore County high school when an audio transcript was released apparently showing him...

I'm back from my laptop-free vacation in Mallorca and Lisbon, a bit jet-lagged but ready to get back to blogging. Soon.

We're going to be in Mallorca and Portugal -- and I'm going to strive to be offline.

There's no reliable evidence that puberty blockers, hormones and surgery are the best treatment for children with "gender-related...

Anxious about their children's anxiety, parents are going into crisis mode when their 18-year-olds face the normal challenges of college...

A New York City charter school is boosting enrollment by offering a 12-hour day, including breakfast and dinner, at no extra cost to...

Numbers, multiplication and "right" answers are obsolete, 22nd-century-skills guru Paul Banksley tells Rick Hess. They're "not...

College graduates are earn a lot more than people with only a high school diploma, on average. They tend to be healthier and happier. But...

Seventy percent of Los Angeles County students said they'd consider taking a skilled trades class, if their high school offered the...

America invests more than $500 billion of taxpayer money in colleges each year, writes Ryan Craig, in an Education Next forum. That...

Is a year at Vanderbilt worth $100,000? At a few dozen elite universities, the list price for tuition, room and board and other expenses...

Eighty-two percent of teachers say public education has gotten worse in the last five years, according to a Pew survey. Fifty-three...

The Rabbit Hole, a children's literature museum in Kansas City, sounds like a wonderful place. Children can explore "scenes from beloved...

Learning a foreign language may soon be as  obsolete as learning how to churn butter, writes Louise Matsakis in The Atlantic. Total...

Universities should stop requiring diversity statements, writes Randall L. Kennedy, a Harvard Law professor, in the Harvard Crimson....

In an Education Week survey, 55 percent of principals said banning TikTok would "make their jobs easier," reports Olina Banerji. TikTok...

One German state is adding flexibility to its two-track education system, writes Frieda Klotz on the Hechinger Report. German students...