Cur’ra McCoy is one of millions of students who missed weeks of school over the past few years. Instead, the Baltimore teen often slept in or played on her phone. She did a whole lot of nothing, for ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

(This letter was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) I'd like to respond to a recent letter by John Sorg, in which he asserted many inaccuracies about the school voucher issue ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education.

(WESTERN WAYNE NEWS) — Students, parents, administrators and board members attending Western Wayne School Board’s March 12 meeting brought their frustrations, concerns and demands for action. Many ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...