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May 2, 2018, Washington D.C. — Education Secretary Betsy Devos at the Teacher of the Year ceremony at the White House.

Higher Education, Opinion

OPINION: Betsy DeVos’ slippery slope of religion, ethnicity and race

by Jennifer Rich September 13, 2018April 8, 2021

education of immigrant students

A conservative Supreme Court could threaten the education of immigrant students

by Andre Perry July 11, 2018March 30, 2020

North Carolina's attorney general shut down the Charlotte School of Law before it was scheduled to open this past fall.

Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

As feds pull back, states step in to regulate for-profit colleges and universities

by Jon Marcus July 7, 2018May 24, 2021

race and college admission

Community Colleges, Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Facts about race and college admission

by Jon Marcus July 6, 2018April 8, 2021

The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both. Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016.

Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

by Jon Marcus July 5, 2018April 8, 2021

News

Betsy DeVos’ smoking gun of ignorance

by Andre Perry June 12, 2018March 30, 2020

Elementary to High School

Revamped and rigorous, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously

by Sarah Gonser April 13, 2018March 30, 2020

The sun rises over Branch Street in Lowell, Massachusetts.

News

Out of poverty, into the middle class

by Sarah Gonser April 12, 2018April 1, 2021

Morgane Le Bris, principal of École Mur de Bretagne juggles a class of 27 students and two different grade levels. She wishes she had more money to hire teachers to reduce class size.

News

This country spends billions on private schools — and has a terrible learning gap between poor and wealthy

by Sarah Butrymowicz March 1, 2018September 21, 2020

Vibyskolan, a small, nonprofit free school that serves kindergarten through ninth grade, is located in a wealthy area just north of Stockholm, where free schools are particularly popular.

Elementary to High School

Betsy DeVos’ school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden, where student performance has suffered

by Sarah Butrymowicz February 28, 2018March 30, 2020