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A former principal of Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy wonders whether the city's standard for college readiness is set too low.

There's a shocking disconnect at work these days in the relationship between the public and government workers: The public is demanding greater accountability, and public employees — social workers, police, teachers, even state legislators — are...

Student protesters disrupted a University of California regents' meeting as the university board asked for more state funds to avoid a tuition increase next year and bolstered its investigation of the recent pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis .

Many community colleges let students pick and choose classes, but those who sign up at a Tennessee Technology Center have their schedules decided for them.

Geraldine Onorato was surprised by the gaps in her son's grammar education, so she and a friend, Donna Harrow, developed a grammar guide suitable for the age of texting and social media.

Multiple choice tests are pervasive—but are they the best way to measure student achievement?

A free program called Let’s Get Ready gives low-income teenagers help filling out college applications, writing essays, practicing interviews and preparing for the SAT.

Police and administrators on a California campus face the scorn of students and faculty after video of a controversial confrontation goes viral...

Let’s stop putting the burden of education improvements just on teachers. Parents play a huge role in classroom success.

Someone should be printing up a T-shirt about now that says: “My nation spent billions on testing and all I got was a 1-point gain.”...

Mexicans, the fastest-growing major immigrant group in the city, have the highest dropout rate: about 41 percent of Mexicans ages 16 to 19 have dropped out of school.

If you found out that bullies were hassling your kid, what would you do? Help him rehearse comeback lines? Or show him how to open a can of whoop-ass, and knock those jerks into next week?

If a well-heeled neighborhood of Los Angeles wanted better police protection, would it be OK for the residents to donate money to their local police station so it could assign an extra patrol car to their streets?

Online, for-profit alternative certification programs for teachers are becoming more common in Texas despite little more than anecdotal evidence of their success.

Many Californians worry that they are being priced out of the state's public university systems, and they object to allowing illegal immigrants the same financial aid that U.S. citizens can receive at the campuses, a new poll has found.

1. Forgiving student loan debt would help stimulate the economy. 2. All education debt is good debt. 3. If you declare bankruptcy, your student loans go away. and more...

A group of parents and education advocates is preparing to sue the Los Angeles school district, demanding that it follow an arcane 40-year-old law that requires all California school systems to link teacher and principal evaluations to student...

Here are the 25 definitive reasons that many teachers oppose high-stakes standardized tests even as they gain more importance in modern school reform.

In Florida, resident students who are U.S. citizens but born to illegal immigrants are charged out-of-state rates to attend state colleges and universities.