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Martha Irvine / AP The Complex Data on Girls in STEM
While the headlines about females excelling in science and engineering might grab the public’s eye, the underlying story is more complicated.
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Emily Richmond When Kids Lead Their Parent-Teacher Conferences
How a New Hampshire school gives its students more responsibility—and freedom—to shape their academic lives
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters What the Candidates Get Wrong About Charter Schools
Fact-checking Bernie Sanders—and the other presidential contenders—on their understanding of the public education institutions
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Chris Carlson / AP Can the Youth Vote Change Election Outcomes?
Younger voters—who care about issues such as college affordability and student debt—could be an important factor in Iowa’s caucuses.
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Jim Vaiknoras / The Hechinger Report When Restorative Justice in Schools Works
“People were afraid this was going to be a ‘hippy-dippy-granola, nobody’s-going-to-get-into-trouble’ concept.”
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Paul Sancya / AP The ‘Sobering’ News About America’s Rising Graduation Rates
The numbers don’t tell the full story.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Reality of the Philosophers vs. Welders Debate
A perennial question on the purpose of higher-education programs
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David Zalubowski / AP What School Proposals Failed on the Ballot?
The results of Tuesday’s elections could mean shifts in Common Core standards, teachers unions, and more.
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AJ Mast / AP Obama to Schools: Obsess Less About Testing
“Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble.”
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Rick Wilking / Reuters More Students Are Eating Locally Sourced Food
The Farm-to-School movement is gaining momentum.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Are Healthier School Lunches Doomed?
Federal lawmakers may scrap recent regulation that would require more nutritious meals.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Chronic Absences Hinder Young Learners
Approximately 10 to 15 percent of the nation’s K-12 population—5 million to 7.5 million students each year—are not attending school on a regular basis.
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Mario Tama AFP/Getty It's Getting Harder to Know What Americans Think of Education Policy
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Stefanie Loos / Reuters What Do Americans Really Think About Education Policy?
Two recent polls conflict in their findings on what adults think about standardized testing, the opt-out movement, and the Common Core.
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Jason Reed / Reuters Why School Should Start Later in the Morning
The CDC weighs in: Early class times are taking a toll on adolescents’ health and academic performance.
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Denny Culbert / AP Teachers Save Lives in Another Mass Shooting
Besides law-enforcement officials, educators have received some of the best training to handle emergencies like Thursday’s fatal shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Torley / Flickr What About the Math Olympians?
Sports stars are regularly lauded for their victories—but academic ones seldom receive the same treatment.
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Jeff Tuttle / Reuters Kansas’s Teacher Exodus
Educators in the Sunflower State say they aren’t getting enough support from schools.
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Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters How Ineffective Government Funding Can Hurt Poor Students
In far too many states, public-school spending remains “unfair, irrational, and unconnected to the resources” kids need to succeed.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Another Piece of Evidence That America's Students Know Little About Their Country
Eighth-graders continue to display far-from-sufficient knowledge about geography, civics, and history.
