Assessment is a ubiquitous part of classroom life. Most exchanges between teacher and students are an occasion for considering the quality of student work. Often informal, assessment is a natural ...

Teachers have been quitting the profession, saying that the testing regime is crowding out the joy of learning and suffocating classroom creativity and innovation. How can we prevent talented and ...

When I was assigned to be a Washington correspondent in 1994, I chose to move my young family to the Northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax for a single reason: It had one of the best public school ...

When I became president of the California State Board of Education in 1975 for the first of two stints in this role (1975–82), three different offices created state curriculum frameworks, ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — The historic estate of George Washington hosted a modern day debate over the subject of history in schools Tuesday - not just what to teach, but how. An overflow crowd showed up to ...

Colleges and universities often purport to pursue racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, yet they offer few tools or strategies to support instructors in enacting truly ...

Backers of new learning standards for young children urged Louisiana's top school board to give the changes final approval despite ongoing criticism that the benchmarks need more public input. Jan ...

Thousands of New York City classrooms have been cleared as having adequate ventilation for safe, in-person instruction even though they do not meet the COVID-19 standards set by federal experts or ...

When I was assigned to be a Washington correspondent in 1994, I chose to move my young family to the northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax for a single reason: It had one of the best public-school ...