Schools and Education

Six big-city school systems are combining their purchasing power to persuade suppliers to sell healthier and more environment-friendly products, like compostable food trays, at low prices.

New data indicates that many students in Louisiana's voucher program attended schools that were rated

Teachers of the lowest-income students are more than twice as likely as teachers of the highest-income students to say that students’ lack of access to digital technologies is a “major challenge.”

How middle-class parents use soccer, ballet, and chess to solidify their children's advantage over others

In the face of ever-rising rising tuition and scarce or confusing quality metrics, many people are understandably frustrated with universities and community colleges.

CAMDEN — The realities of the lack of quality education are real in places like Camden and Trenton. Poor educational opportunities in the state of New Jersey’s urban sectors have stifled their ability to make a comeback.

A new study on access to high-status universities in Britain, the United States and Australia found that the family’s social background figured strongly.

The Bronx Community Charter School could be a model if Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio follows through on his proposal to charge charter schools for space.

PHOENIX — The state’s charter schools are demanding more money from taxpayers, to the tune of $135 million a year.

DELAVAN — At the end of a three-year study of rural Illinois schools, several school superintendents confirmed many of their assumptions, but discovered a few surprises.

Borrowing an idea from New York’s fiscal crisis, a municipal bankruptcy expert is trying to help troubled communities restructure their pension debts.