A growing number of colleges are experimenting with a new model for undergraduate education: the three-year bachelor’s degree. Read More
Colleges and universities, responding to demand for faster routes to jobs, are adding a new kind of degree: a reduced-credit bachelor’s... Read More
Hesitancy to use college outcomes data, like post-graduation earnings, is giving way to acceptance and even enthusiasm. Read More
Colleges once treaded lightly in censuring their own professors. Now? Due process is optional. Read More
I used to think FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate’s wise words were only useful for people trapped in the middle of the culture war. But... Read More
The math and reading delays among 1st and 2nd graders are similar to achievement patterns seen in their older peers, NWEA research says. Read More
Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to... Read More
For decades, scientists were above reproach. Not any more. Joe Nocera investigates the murky world of fraudulent research, and the sleuths... Read More
With 18 public universities across three different systems, Louisiana officials and higher education leaders have questioned how to handle... Read More
A law helped boost Mississippi’s reading scores. A decade later, state leaders are focusing on math. Read More
The real threat from AI in education isn't that the technology fails. It's that it succeeds — and we never stopped to ask what we'd lose. Read More
Droves of young people who are turning to tactile, analog hobbies and activities as a means of escaping technology and reconnecting with... Read More
About nine in 10 college students are confident that their degree is teaching them career-relevant skills that will help them secure... Read More
U.S. family policy isn’t designed to support strong families. In truth, there is hardly a U.S. family policy to speak of. Read More
In 2023, the U.S. dedicated nearly $1 trillion in combined state, local, and federal funding to K–12 education, more than any other... Read More
Playing video games for more than 10 hours a week could have a significant impact on young people’s diet, sleep and body weight,... Read More
The Buckley Institute’s research found that in undergraduate departments and the law and management schools, 2.3% of faculty are... Read More
A solution for the Anxious Generation is hiding in plain sight: Education Freedom Accounts Read More
Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. Read More
Half a century after the book “Why Johnny Can’t Read” sounded an alarm about the rise of illiteracy in the U.S., it has... Read More
The second week of March is Civic Learning Week. It’s an annual observance marked by civics advocates with webinars, social media... Read More
Higher ed finds new critics — in the mirror. Read More
The Departments of Education and State have established a new partnership to examine foreign funding in American universities and to identify... Read More
American Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Utah, has repeatedly refused to disclose top administrator salaries to state auditors. Read More
An Education Department official defended the layoffs, saying ED “is a more efficient and accountable agency.” Read More
A professor who helped to shape our framing of the condition fears so many characteristics are linked to it that it’s ‘no longer a useful... Read More
Education majors start out earning less right after college and often remain among the lowest-paid fields throughout their careers. Read More

A 1953 C.I.A.-backed coup that ousted Iran’s Cold War leader has colored U.S.-Iran relations for decades.... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.