Education

Nine-year old Micah Brown looks over the King program as he sits along a window during the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell - RC1EB13B3AB0

Equal opportunity in American education

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Howard Jackson, a Liberian migrant, attends a law class at a university in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain March 8, 2016. Jackson escaped civil war and spent three years crossing Africa before reaching Spain. Dressed up in one of his more than 200 costumes, from Peter Pan to Little Red Riding Hood, he is a well-known figure at an intersection entering the Spanish city of Seville where he has sold tissues to motorists for over a decade. Jackson is studying law and wants to become a judge. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo SEARCH "MIGRANT JACKSON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000350822

Top 6 trends in higher education

Emal Dusst and Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, January 10, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with House Democratic women during a photo opportunity on the second day of the new (116th) Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis?? - RC1CC93812C0

Congress may now have historic female representation, but women in leadership still have a long way to go

Christina Kwauk

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Students count with their fingers as a teacher teaches the 2013 curriculum inside a classroom at Cempaka Putih district in Jakarta, October 15, 2014. Indonesia plans to discontinue early next year the widely criticised school curriculum that emphasises moral and religious education, a minister said on Monday. Picture taken October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS) - GM1EAC81NGB01

A global snapshot: Impact bonds in 2018

Izzy Boggild-Jones and Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1D5B7B0CF0

Congress in 2019: Democrat-led House oversight is likely in store for DeVos

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Saturday, December 29, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump turns to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (L) during his remarks to reporters before a workforce apprenticeship discussion at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey U.S. August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC164E2DD650

School Safety Commission’s report uses tenuous logic to walk back guidance on school discipline

Jon Valant and Michael Hansen

Friday, December 21, 2018

Heartland research universities are catalyst for economic growth

Catalyzing economic growth in the Heartland starts with universities

Thursday, December 20, 2018

A teacher shows the Chinese character "Four" to Level One students during a Mandarin lesson at an international school in Hong Kong September 1, 2011. As global companies expand in Asia, financial hubs such as Hong Kong are suffering a shortage of international school places that may blunt the city's competitive edge against regional rivals including Singapore. Picture taken September 1, 2011. To match feature HONGKONG-SCHOOLS/ REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION BUSINESS) - GM1E79510KT01

Using assessment data to help students thrive: Classroom perspectives from Mongolia

Khandjav Terbish, Munkhbayar Baljinnyam, and Esther Care

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Students throwing graduation caps up in the air

The year in education: Top Chalkboard posts of 2018

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Schoolgirls queue up to receive money from authorities at a government school in Mumbai April 25, 2008. Girls attending state-run schools in India's financial capital of Mumbai are ending the school year a little richer than they began it. For each day a girl showed up in classes, city authorities are paying her 1 rupee -- about 2 U.S. cents. Boys continue to take nothing home besides their homework. Picture taken April 25, 2008 REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E46U0SUZ01

To empower girls in India, make gender education compulsory

Wednesday, December 19, 2018