Longer school days for struggling students, or everyone
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a big fan of extending time in school, National Journal reports.
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Traditional federal college aid needs overhaul, education group says
The rapid growth of the Hispanic population, among minorities needing better access to higher education, leads an advocacy group to suggest that the federal financial-aid structure is outdated…
Interactive: Mapping high school graduation, dropout rates across the U.S
The National Center for Education Statistics released this week a report on public-school graduation and dropout rates, and the news overall isn’t bad, the National Journal reports.
The economic implications of not cultivating our top low-income students
The furor over student debt in this country takes aim at a noble cause -- quality education at a good price -- but obscures an even nobler cause,…
Teachers say media-use is harming kids’ performance
A new study released on Thursday finds teachers are concerned that the amount and types of electronic media that children interact with at home may be harming their…
Online initiative launches to aid low-income students
A new initiative in online learning intending to help low-income adults achieve an associate’s degree is set to launch in Colorado and then California before expanding to selected…
Opinion: The trouble with big name, big priced colleges: They’re not worth it
Vanessa Bertrand always intended to go to a big-name, out-of-state school. She made the decision as a little girl, watching Cliff Huxtable on a rerun of The Cosby…
On education, GOP distances itself from Tea Party
The Republican National Committee’s platform on education contains a lot of tea party buzzwords: abstinence, English-first, homeschooling, vouchers, local control, the National Journal reports.
Educators on social media react to school-voucher study by Brookings
The Brookings Institution released a long-term study earlier this month that examined the effects of school vouchers on eventual college enrollment, the National Journal reports.
Graphic: Obama vs. Romney: Future of the workforce
Obama says that the United States should lead the world in college-graduation rates by 2020. He has pushed to expand the size of, and access to, Pell Grants…
When teachers overcompensate for racial prejudice
The performance gap between white and minority students is one of the most persisting problems in American education. Since the 1990s, the performance gap, as reported by the…