Education News

The attorneys general in Illinois and Colorado write about the importance of mental-health services for troubled students.

The passing score on licensing tests is lower in every state than the mean score of the pool of aspiring teachers taking the tests.

Investment needs for teacher training, curriculum materials, and assessments are likely to slow the pace of implementation.

In this lesson students imagine they are executives at major American clothing retailers who are researching and negotiating what policy changes, if any, their company should take in light of the recent human disasters in Bangladeshi garment factories.    

In attempting to bring "MOOCs" to the world of teacher training, Coursera and its university partners are courting a new and potentially vast audience.

The federal program is in danger of becoming as outdated and insufficient as a sputtering dial-up connection in a Wi-Fi world, many ed-tech leaders say.

Institutions such as zoos and museums, as well as after-school programs and science competitions, could relieve capacity concerns.

As states weigh dropping the common core, policymakers must consider whether that would jeopardize federal NCLB waivers and competitive grants.

With "augmented reality" technology, teachers can transform a pond or an empty lot into a vibrant classroom.

Plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit challenging Arizona's practice of educating ELL learners in separate English-language classes for four hours a day are appealing a federal court ruling that upheld the practice.

Backers of the common core intensify their efforts to tout the standards in the face of high-profile opposition in some states.

Our country is in trouble. That's the key takeaway from Sara Martinez Tucker's experience as the undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Education.

Virginia Board of Education President David M. Foster is bringing his around-the-state listening tour to Northern Virginia on Thursday, with a stop in Fauquier County.

Foster’s goal is to visit all eight of Virginia’s educational administrative regions by the end of the year. He and board member Winsome Sears will host a forum on education issues Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Kettle Run High School in Nokesville.

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All that time cutting paper and tracing shapes helps young pupils master math later on, according to new research.

What is the most important problem facing American children today?

According to the Academic Pediatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is the effects of poverty on the health and well being of young people. But, they concede, there is no sustained focus on childhood poverty, or a unified pediatric voice speaking on the problem, or a comprehensive approach to solving it.

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Congressional Republicans may eye changes to the National Science Foundation’s grant review process.

The Fairfax County School Board decided Monday to postpone a review of the district’s criteria for school renovations.

The board opted to delay the review of the so-called renovations queue until November, after the new superintendent, Karen Garza, begins her tenure.

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