Most Americans think online courses should be cheaper than in-person college classes, but most online programs cost the same ...

This week’s mass layoffs by his secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees delivered a crippling blow to the agency’s ability to tell the public how ...

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Federal layoffs that included workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau short-circuited work to help student loan ...

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Some educators, parents and students say Covid stunted their education and careers, while others were derailed temporarily but found new careers or a sense of purpose.

Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would ...

Every school year, hundreds of thousands of suspensions are issued for vague, subjective reasons, such as disobedience, insubordination and disorderly conduct. Often, the infractions are minor, but ...

A child care owner closes her business and starts a new career. A mom copes with her daughter’s stunted education. A teacher learns to love the profession after a miserable first year ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...