Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book"

Parents and testing skeptics say that field-test results, which have no consequences for students or teachers, turn classrooms into focus groups and add more stress to an anxiety-filled process.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is getting the youth vote.

“Artists in the Archives,” at the Greenburgh Public Library, revitalizes the antiquated card catalogs by filling them with art.

Miraculous stories of survival emerge after one of the strongest tornadoes in history tore through an Oklahoma suburb.

While one's earning potential increases with a college degree, you don't necessarily need to spend $40,000 a year for a diploma for a job that pays as much.

Public-health experts have joined economists and historians in critiquing rigid belt-tightening regimes.

Jennifer Doan used her body to shield her students as tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary School

They threw themselves over their students, stayed with them for hours and carried them, bleeding, to safety.

When we can sequence 20,000 genes for $1,000, why should it cost nearly $4,000 to analyze just two?

Gradual shifts in language use over the centuries reflect tectonic shifts in culture.

Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning.

Ramblin’ Raft Race May 21, 1977-The Ramblin’ Raft Race was an annual Memorial Day weekend race on the Chattahoochee River that took place from 1969 to 1980. The event drew national attention when the...

Flickr made some big changes to its service; what do they mean for Flickr Pro users?

Two recent articles suggesting an end to the current phase of test-driven accountability and market-based reforms got me thinking about how hard it is to sort out differences between what I hope wi...

Two public health historians tell how the vinyl chloride industry published misleading research to keep employees from knowing they were being poisoned.