Higher Education
10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule
Budget cuts, high tuition, public disillusion have slowed progress while employers struggle to find skilled workers
Divided We Learn
Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?
Unless more residents get to and through college, the state won’t be able to fill jobs that require higher education
Latest News
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America’s colleges struggle to envision the future of diversity on campus
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What have Mississippi legislators proposed for education in the first few days of the legislative session?
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COLUMN: Students are supposed to read The Scarlet Letter, not wear it
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OPINION: Arizona risks failing its students in trying to limit teachers’ speech
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High School Reform
Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers
A struggling West Virginia district sends teachers to students’ homes to help them get to college
K-12
A rural charter school splits an Oklahoma town
A businessman makes an end run around community opponents to bring a charter school to a struggling small town. Now, he wants to expand to others like it.
Future of Learning
COLUMN: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation
A 2018 federal report found that only 18 percent of the innovations funded by the Education Department lifted student achievement
K-12
New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth
Advocacy groups call for Pennsylvania state government to step up oversight of residential facilities
K-12
The big jobs of small-town principals
Rural school leaders have some of the most complex roles in education — and some of the highest attrition
Higher Education
Switching majors is adding time and tuition to the already high cost of college
Despite the spiraling cost of the investment, some students commit to it without a plan