EDUCATION

Working for Superman: Texas Schools Turn to Hero Superintendents.

On a muggy August morning in 2012, school buses full of teachers, janitors, cooks and…

Sam Chaltain: The Problem with Obama’s Plan for Teachers.

On one level, today’s news that the Obama administration is ordering states to devise strategies…

Largest U.S. Teachers Union Calls for Education Secretary Duncan to Resign.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s relations with teachers unions just got more difficult. Delegates of the…

Bill Gates Needs to Drop His Common Core Obsession.

It’s hard to envision Bill Gates not getting exactly what he wants, or backing down…

Margaret Spellings on the Future of Education

When I look ahead to the schools of 20 years from now, what I see…

Arne Duncan Unveils 50-State Teacher-Equity Strategy

The U.S. Department of Education Monday detailed its long-awaited “50-state” strategy for putting some teeth…

How College Remediation Rates Are Distorted — and Why.

Are a large percentage of high school graduates so unprepared for college when they get…

Obama Administration Wants Better Teachers for Nation’s Poor Schools.

The Obama administration is ordering states to devise strategies to get better teachers into high-poverty…

The Irony in New Study That Bashes Popular Teacher Evaluation Method.

They just keep on coming. Last month, a report was released by the American Statistical…

Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That?

This story was produced in collaboration with the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet…