K-12 Education

Hostra University students playing the roles of the candidates and moderator go through a rehearsal for the first U.S. presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York September 25, 2016. Left to right are Joseph Burch, Christian Stewart and Caroline Mullen. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - RTSPCX3

Why we probably won’t hear much about K-12 education in tonight’s debate

Monday, September 26, 2016

Children run into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico while playing on the beach in Perdido Key, Florida May 20, 2012. Two years after a history-making offshore oil well explosion devastated tourism in the region, the Gulf Coast is a hot destination once again, thanks in part to millions of dollars worth of promotion funded by the well's owner, BP PLC. Now tourism marketers from Louisiana to Florida are scrambling to maintain the momentum and find revenue sources for future campaigns. Picture taken May 20, 2012. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS) - RTR32PEC

School calendars and Maryland’s Labor Day mess

Monday, September 19, 2016

Teacher Audrey Benes speaks to her kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois

Do teacher expectations matter?

Nicholas Papageorge and Seth Gershenson

Friday, September 16, 2016

Kids cool off in fountain on the Rose Kennedy Greenway on summer afternoon in Boston

Massachusetts charter cap holds back disadvantaged students

Sarah Cohodes and Susan M. Dynarski

Thursday, September 15, 2016

A robot gets a pat on the head by a visitor at an exhibit booth at Macworld Expo in Makuhari, east of Tokyo February 16. Developed for demonstration at the trade fair as an "edu-tainment robot" by Learning Systems company, the pet robot can be built from a kit and played with for educational and entertainment purposes, the company said.

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Education and accelerated change: The imperative for design learning

Daniel Araya and Heather McGowan

09/14/2016

Maryland governor Larry Hogan speaks during a press conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Why delaying school start dates is a bad deal for students

Thursday, September 8, 2016

An illustration picture shows a woman holding her Apple Ipad tablet which displays a tactile keyboard under the Google home page in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - RTR3DCJL

Why don’t schools use the cloud? It’s worth the challenge

Joshua Bleiberg

Friday, September 2, 2016

A student carries her lunch tray at Salusbury Primary School

Making better use of data on free school lunches

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Students eat lunch at Salusbury Primary School

Principal, not food experts, most influential in the school cafeteria

Monday, August 29, 2016

Obama signs the Every Student Succeeds Act

A flood of criticism on proposed ESSA regulations, but will anything change?

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Thursday, August 25, 2016