Urban charter schools improve learning for disadvantaged minority students, and competition often improves nearby district schools.

Denver Public Schools improved -- a lot -- in part by closing bad schools and opening new ones.

States are hiding pandemic learning loss by lowering the bar for "proficiency" on state tests.

New Orleans is no longer an all-charter district.

Los Angeles Unified will let 10 schools with low-income students drop standardized tests in favor of their own assessments.

Adding 20 days to the school year improved reading scores at two Richmond elementary schools.

State report cards do a poor job of informing parents. IDEA charters want Texas parents to see their ratings.

Wisconsin is lowering expectations for students.

Socioeconomic status explains some of the Black/White achievement gap and most of the Hispanic/White achievement gap.

Americans -- including Democrats -- strongly favor school choice, especially education savings accounts.

California is getting on the no-phones-in-class bandwagon , reports AP. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants school districts to restrict students’...

Most grades don't match students' test scores, according to the Equitable Grading Project.

President Biden's education agenda deserves a D.

"Credit recovery" boosts graduation rates by letting students who've failed a traditional course pass very easy tests on which it is very...

Urban charter students made significant gains in reading and math in a summer program that combined instruction and enrichment, reports...

Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...

This year's eighth graders were in fourth grade when their schools shut down. As they head to high school, the average student is nine...

Project 2025's education section is a standard conservative wish list featuring parents' rights and block-granting federal funds.

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

“Parents should absolutely be the primary stakeholders in their kids' education, and anyone who disagrees should stay the hell away from...