The Supreme Court is poised to decide the quality of instruction public schools must provide students with disabilities—a question that could get even thornier under the Trump administration.
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Ted Mitchell has some advice for Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Education Department.
Charter schools have fueled school resegregation in urban America.
Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education is right that animals sometimes menace schools, but her solution doesn’t seem to fit the problem.
Two Republican senators brought up the unique challenges students in sparsely populated areas face during Education Secretary-nominee Betsy DeVos’s hearing.
For one thing, she’s never attended or taught at a public school.
Expanded school choice is a continuation of forced self-determination.
The Michigan billionaire’s confirmation hearing was heavy on partisanship and light on substance.
Trump’s pick for education secretary will need to prove that she can apply her ideologies in a practical way.
A new study shows that the disproportionate imprisonment rates faced by people of color contribute to race-based inequalities in educational attainment.
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A new lawsuit accuses the Bureau of Indian Education of repeatedly failing to improve the learning environment at Havasupai Elementary School.
Prepare to hear “school choice” a lot. Here’s what it actually means.
A new study shows pupils from higher-income backgrounds are more likely to enroll in programs with larger payoffs.
A new study offers a look at what happens when schools shutter.
The U.S. Department of Education is not the only office with power over student-related policy.