Education

These stereotypes can extend into the late teens and contribute to a gender gap in STEM college courses and related careers, according to a new study that explores the gender-based…

New York City canceled recess, Public School Athletic League sports competitions, and outdoor field days on Wednesday due to the unhealthy air quality.

A new law forbidding material that’s “obscene” and ‘harmful to minors’ from school libraries could hurt LGBTQ youth and unfairly limit librarians’ work, critics say.

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd …

“We are not making a great deal of progress in bringing women into STEM jobs in any sort of equitable numbers.”…

<p>This report assesses the impact of investments in rural health care in Viet Nam by The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Vietnamese government, and other international donors. It is based on a large-scale longitudinal study from 2008 to 2016 in twelve communes in three Vietnamese provinces: Thái…

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At 17 colleges and universities in 2020-21, students from families earning under $30,000 actually paid more in net price, which is the amount students pay after discounts and financial aid, than those from families making $110,000 a year or more…

Do school vouchers raise test scores or lower them? Do they damage public schools or push them to improve? Here’s your cheat sheet to the big questions about school vouchers.

For all the headlines proclaiming and debunking reports of a national teacher shortage, few have picked up on the issue’s third rail: Educators qualified to teach students with disabilities have…

The pandemic has given us all a taste of forced isolation. We’ve seen how it can leave individuals feeling lonely, scared and depressed. Imagine if that was your permanent experience.…

In an ideal community, resources would flow to support kids. Public and private funders would invest in what’s working to get better and more equitable outcomes. Instead of competing for…

One of the main things Terriq Thompson remembers about Benjamin Franklin High School, where he graduated in 2019, is that it was hot. In particular, he remembers his first day…