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A small public high school structures educators’ roles and schedules so that students—and teachers—have more time to learn.

For a greater global payoff, writes Joseph Piro, give the science, technology, engineering, and math acronym an A—for the arts.

The Texas state education board's Christian conservative bloc was weakened Wednesday after one of its most prominent members lost his seat.

Effective practices focused on student outcomes are the key to middle-grades success, write Trish Williams and Michael Kirst, not a particular grade configuration or curriculum.

Not all low-performing schools are alike, says a new report that offers a framework to help educators, policymakers, and advocates direct attention to the schools that need it most.

Living in poverty before age 5 can have a critical impact on children’s earnings trajectories 30 years later, according to a study in the January/February issue of Child Development.

On average, fewer than half of the American Indian and Alaska Native students in 12 states graduate from high school, says a report released last month.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $15 million to a new Harvard University program designed to help build the capacity of state and school district leaders to analyze and use data for improving student achievement.

In the wake of a negative study, Isabel V. Sawhill and Jon Baron argue for action that will “evolve” the program and improve its effectiveness.

The president's budget plan would put all programs into three competitive-grant funds—for literacy, STEM, and a catchall category.

To deal with the motivational decline of adolescents, write psychologists Joseph P. Allen and Claudia W. Allen, teachers have to understand the teenage brain.