“Parent trigger” laws, first passed in California and then elsewhere in the country, typically state that over 50 percent of the parents in a school or schools “feeding…
Twitter's 140-character allowance wasn't enough for anonymous rapping teacher duo Two Teachers and a Microphone to talk education with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, reports the Huffington…
The new chief of the Chicago public schools, Jean-Claude Brizard, suggested recently that teachers visit the homes of their students, says Jay Matthews, columnist for the Washington Post.
When the schools here were reduced to red-brick rubble in the deadly tornado three months ago, abruptly ending classes just before final exams, district leaders made a promise…
Wisconsin's powerful statewide teachers union said 40 percent of its staff members were laid off Monday as a result of the law pushed by Gov. Scott Walker and…
In the drama of public education, many people seem to see school boards as wearing black hats, says Anne M. Byrne, a member of the Nanuet, N.Y. school…
Eighteen children filed into a small church one evening last week to learn about the principles of American liberty—including lessons on the failures of communism, the Constitution's biblical…
It's back to school season, and we're guessing you're dragging your feet to hop back on the learning wagon (yes, teens, we've seen your Tweets about dreading the…
After nearly 200 years, the House page program that allowed high school students to serve as messengers and learn about Congress is ending, rendered obsolete by the internet…
During a stop in Iowa August 4th, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that "schools indoctrinate our children," the Des Moines Register reports.
One month after Atlanta was rocked by revelations of a widespread school cheating scandal—nearly 200 teachers and principals admitted to tampering with standardized tests to raise students’ scores—Ms.…
As they prepare lesson plans for the fall, teachers across Missouri have an extra chore before the new school year begins: purging their Facebook friend lists to comply…
Actor Matt Damon got into a tense exchange with a journalist from the libertarian Reason TV site after she asked him whether teachers with tenure would lack incentive…
Wisconsin tea party organizer and children's book author Kim Simac has admitted to comparing American public schools to the Nazi regime, the Huffington Post reports.
Homeless high school grad Orayne Williams has returned to the city after his first year away at college--and he's on a mission to help other street kids get…