George Orwell once wrote that restating the obvious is the “first duty of intelligent people.” In that vein, allow us to restate the case for what may be literacy instruction’s richest but ...

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Clarification: This story has been updated to provide additional details about the Education Department’s next steps. A paperwork change proposed by the U.S. Department of Education would end an ...

President Trump’s dream of closing the Department of Education is impossible without Congress, but that doesn’t mean he has no power to shrink or weaken the federal agency. While some functions of the ...

After four universities rejected the Trump administration’s compact for higher education, the White House met Friday with a number of universities about the proposal. A White House official confirmed ...