This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by ...

Backers say the academy model engages students and prepares them for the future, but others worry it comes at a cost.

When you’re looking for research on four-day school weeks or how to teach fractions, or trying to locate an historical document, such as the landmark Coleman Report of 1966, you might begin with ...

Analysis: The cases — over a district’s opt-out policy and a religious charter school — could have ramifications for school ...

Patricia McGuire has always been an outspoken advocate for her students at Trinity Washington University, a small, Catholic ...

Across the country, education leaders are being forced to make some tough decisions — to choose between defending core values ...

Most Americans would probably rather forget the Great Recession that began in 2007. But as long ago as it may seem, it triggered something that is about to become a big problem: Americans started ...

When this year’s legislative session launched in Idaho, early childhood experts and advocates were hopeful that the state, which has a shortage of child care, would invest more in early learning ...

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? This story also appeared in National Public Radio The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining ...

Median annual household income for Hispanic families is more than 25 percent lower than for white families, the Census Bureau says, meaning that college may seem out of reach. More than three-quarters ...

The dispute between the Beverly Hills district and some Palisades parents raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.