This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Department of Education recently released its priorities for discretionary grant programs and, in an encouraging move, included an expansive definition of educational choice that includes early college high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the coming days, struggling schools in the city’s “Renewal” improvement program will learn whether they get more time to mount a comeback — or will be shut down for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new organization says educators must be better trained in recognizing and teaching students with learning disorders like dyslexia if they are to be successful in raising reading proficiency throughout…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The PROSPER Act, the House Republicans’ proposal for reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), changes to the federal student loan program to simplify repayment options but will result in longer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Internet access has transformed teaching and learning. In many schools, internet connectivity is a basic prerequisite for lessons in every subject, at every grade level. While this is a problem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the end is nigh, will scientists be able to save the day? Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, the Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk in Cambridge,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our research project at Harvard University Graduate School (in partnership with The Learning Accelerator), we focused on investigating students’ perceptions of and experiences with blended learning. Our conclusion: the majority…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sometimes the problem seems small: A student doesn’t have a clean uniform and is embarrassed to show up at school. Sometimes the problem seems huge: A 21-year-old high school dropout…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new literacy program for children from babies to third grade will focus on tutoring students and encouraging reading at an early age as it works with 100 families in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Memphis City Council committed on Tuesday to find a way to invest at least $8 million in pre-kindergarten classrooms before 2019, marking their first big investment in Memphis schools in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On an early fall evening, hundreds of students, ranging from 1st-graders to high school seniors, filed onto the stage of a cavernous auditorium at a San Francisco Bay Area high school.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Third-grade scores are probably strongly influenced by poverty and home life, while growth from third to eighth grade is probably more influenced by the quality of schooling. Growth rates better…