A scholar warns that women will continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers unless educators focus on helping girls do better in advanced math courses in high school.
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The physical activity and social connection that take place at recess help children be more engaged once back in the classroom.
Researchers have spent decades studying how demographics affect American students’ opportunities and performance, but many questions remain about religion and school.
Colleges don’t have to sit by and watch STEM majors leave for other fields. Two Ph.D. biology students share tips for encouraging students to stick with STEM despite the difficulty involved.
The ways in which school closings affect children are just beginning to be known, but early indications are they’re taking a negative toll on kids’ learning and overall well-being.
School suspension rates drop significantly if US teachers came from more diverse backgrounds, a scholar says.
Community college students reveal some of the top reasons why they leave school without a degree.
The pandemic and shifts to virtual learning have set many children back academically. The setbacks can be particularly challenging for children with disabilities, but recovery is possible.
In ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Philadelphia schoolteachers go above and beyond for their students – just like real-life urban schoolteachers do every day, says one scholar.
School districts across the US are starting to pay subs more and make it easier to become a sub – in an effort to keep classrooms operating despite large numbers of staff out sick.
Halfway through the school year that was supposed to be a return to normal, teachers are barely hanging on.
As schools across the US begin to teach students and staff how to prevent human trafficking, a scholar explains five key elements of anti-trafficking education.
Child care workers are at the center of the food insecurity crisis in America. In 2020, nearly one-third of them were food insecure.
Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
Several scholars weigh in with tips on how to support college students’ emotional well-being during the pandemic.
Claims the digital divide has been ‘closed’ don’t include the full picture of internet inequality in the United States.
School board elections are becoming increasingly fractious and political events, with candidates focused on one or two issues. An education policy scholar explains why that’s a worrisome trend.
A scholar weighs in on a new lawsuit that accuses several elite schools of price fixing and conspiring to lower the amount of financial aid offered to low-income students.
Students who are the first in their family to attend college view a college degree differently than children of college-educated parents, researchers find.
Student loan forgiveness doesn’t benefit the economy the way some advocates believe it would, an economist argues.
Short-term disputes are really symptoms of deeper divisions in the US over who deserves academic opportunity, and how to present the nation’s history.
A dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district over in-person learning has resulted in classes being canceled. An education policy expert explains what is at stake.
College students with children have slightly higher GPAs but often take a longer time to graduate and are more likely to drop out of school.
Solving mathematical equations is only part of the job. Students should be spending more time thinking about the human dimensions of the problems they are trying to solve.
Demonstrating for parents how to talk with their babies and toddlers can improve kids’ vocabulary and math skills, new research finds.