K-12 Education

Teacher Darcy McKinnon teaches math to her seventh grade class at Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans February 22, 2006.

School choice and segregation: Evidence from New Orleans

Lindsay Bell Weixler, Nathan Barrett, Douglas N. Harris, and Jennifer Jennings

Friday, May 5, 2017

Students get their lunch from a salad bar at the school cafeteria as some of more than 8,000lbs of locally grown broccoli from a partnership between Farm to School and Healthy School Meals is served at Marston Middle School in San Diego

How the quality of school lunch affects students’ academic performance

Michael L. Anderson, Justin Gallagher, and Elizabeth Ramirez Ritchie

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

U.S. first lady Melania Trump, Jordans Queen Rania, and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visit Excel Academy Public Charter School in Washington

Policy by, with, and for all students: How to make public education work

Christine Clark, Tara J. Plachowski, Ravijot Singh, Allison Smith, and Tonya Walls

Friday, April 28, 2017

Andrey Marchenkov, 13 writes on the blackboard as he attends a mathematics lesson at a local school based in the remote Russian village of Bolshie Khutora

Does more rigorous middle school math coursework change students’ college readiness?

Shaun M. Dougherty, Joshua S. Goodman, Darryl V. Hill, Erica Litke, and Lindsay C. Page

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Newark Prep Charter School students listen to academic coach, Robbie Garland, while taking part in an advisory session at the school in Newark, New Jersey

A seat at the table: Black leaders dissatisfied with the K-12 education system, ready to engage in reform

Meredith B.L. Anderson

Friday, April 21, 2017

A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California

As states submit ESSA plans, policymakers must design responsible school rating systems

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Kyle Schwartz, 3rd grade teacher, works with students at Doull Elementary School in Denver

Redefining accountability to treat teachers and leaders like the professionals they are

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Students take their examination in south China's Guangdong province

What international test scores reveal about American education

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. Education Secretary DeVos mentions her contentious confirmation process as she addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington

States could lead the way in private school choice program expansions

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Davy Lin (C) , a foreign exchange student from Taoyuan, Taiwan and Lena Kraft, from Munich, Germany joke around in the hallways at Grant-Deuel School in Revillo, South Dakota February 13, 2012. This year, 11 students from China, Thailand, Germany and elsewhere account for nearly 20% of high school enrollment, bringing cash and a welcome splash of diversity to an isolated patch of the Great Plains. Grant-Deuel is not alone. Across the United States, public high schools in struggling small towns are putting their empty classroom seats up for sale. Picture taken February 13. To match Insight USA-SCHOOLS/FOREIGN REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) - RTR2Z0KK

What do international students think of American schools?

Wednesday, March 29, 2017