Handwriting is part of literacy, but many students never learn to write in cursive.

Schools must tell parents if their child has requested to use a different name or pronouns at school, says the U.S. Education Department.

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

Teaching students to be responsible for their actions is back in fashion.

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

Internet-connected devices are distracting students -- not helping them learn.

Closing the digital divide widened the achievement gap for Chicago students.

Renaming DEI departments and ending diversity statements won't fix academia's intellectual monoculture.

Columbia researchers say they're losing federal grants for DEI language that they were required to add by the Biden administration.

Dismantling the U.S. Education Department will cut costs and improve learning, says President Trump.

Good, old-fashioned printed textbooks are valuable learning guides.

As school choice expands, parents need to evaluate test scores to find a "good school."

Math and reading scores are way up in a high-poverty California district, but some teachers say there's too much testing.

Fourth-grade math scores are way up in a rural Alabama county that's turned to data analysis and coaching to improve learning.

Education's "new normal" is horrifying. Let's build a new education system out of the ashes.

I loved singing Irish songs for St. Patrick's Day at my mostly Jewish public school.

Two-thirds of Silicon Valley tech workers are immigrants: Half were born in Asia.

Failure algebra in Philadelphia, go to tutoring, retake the test and get a cash reward -- even if you fail again.

Teachers should focus their time and energy on teaching, not DIY curriculum design.

If education is sent "to the states," will they do a better job?