Parents in Compton, Calif., south of Los Angeles, have organized the first challenge to one of the state’s poorly performing public schools,...
A study presented at November’s conference in Indianapolis raised some eyebrows over this finding: When states increase need-based financial aid to public...
The Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday’s IdeasBy Frederick M. HessHarvard University Press, 286 pages Feel-Bad...
Pediatrics A study based on The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that homosexual adolescents were at higher risk of getting...
By Mc Nelly Torres Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Rodolfo M. Rodriguez, a 24-year-old cashier at a gas station in Davie,...
Pediatrics A study based on The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that homosexual adolescents were at higher risk of getting...
A new federal report is the latest measurement of the American high dropout picture, this one quantifying not just rates of ninth...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Educational Statistics collaborated on this report, which breaks down crime in and...
The DREAM Act, which passed the House last night but faced sure defeat in the Senate if brought to a vote...
The Government Accountability Office has taken the unusual step of revising parts of its report on for-profit schools’ recruiting practices, lessening the...
Six-year-old Anthony Wickham weighed about 48 pounds when five adults forcibly restrained him at Plainfield’s Shepherd Elementary School. Anthony, a student in...
Last month’s annual Association for the Study of Higher Education conference in Indianapolis featured the presentation of a particular piece of research...
A significant decrease in Southern “dropout factories” – high schools in which 60 percent or fewer of incoming freshmen classes go on...
“Black males are in crisis.” So begins a new study from the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), which finds that...
Only 22 percent of first-time, full-time students at for-profit schools received their degree within six years, compared to 55 percent of similar...
DREAM Act supporters are making one final push in the 111th Congress before Republicans take over the House in January. President Barack...
Weekly Notes, Week of 11/15/10 Now that the election is over, the focus in education and workforce policy is squarely on legislative...
While the recent release of the national October 2010 payroll jobs numbers provided further evidence of a recovery in private sector jobs,...
The Council of Great City Schools conducted an in-depth analysis of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and in this...
In 2008, Walmart started looking for a way to connect its employees with affordable and practical college opportunities. American Public Education, Inc.,...