Education

How the Koch Brothers Backed Public-School Segregation

A new film exposes how the billionaire political donors backed resegregation in Wake County, North Carolina.

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| Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

VIDEO: Michele Bachmann's Auschwitz Warning

In 2002, the tea party leader and GOP presidential candidate filmed a movie that warned Minnesota’s educational standards could lead to a second Holocaust.

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| Thu Aug. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

John Merrow: Trust Teachers, But Verify Success

A veteran education reporter reflects on four decades of covering America's schools.

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| Thu Aug. 4, 2011 2:10 PM PDT

Scholastic: From Big Coal to Big Egg

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| Thu Aug. 4, 2011 12:22 PM PDT

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Why Bachmann's Allies Hate International Baccalaureate

Hint: It's the "international" part.

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| Thu Aug. 4, 2011 6:50 AM PDT

Welcome to the United States of Austerity

Polluted water, smoggy skies, crumbling bridges, less education funding, more unhealthy Americans: the impact of the debt deal's massive cuts.

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| Tue Aug. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

¿Sí Se Puede? Illinois Dream Act Passes

While the federal DREAM Act sits in limbo, another state launches its own program to help undocumented college students.

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| Mon Aug. 1, 2011 3:17 PM PDT

Tim Pawlenty: A Bully's Best Friend?

The former Minnesota governor promised to sign legislation to combat harassment in public schools. Then he vetoed it.

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| Thu Jul. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Kozol: Schools Still "Separate and Unequal"

The author of Savage Inequalities says America's classrooms are now as segregated as they were in the '60s.

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| Tue Jul. 26, 2011 1:58 PM PDT

Quit Your Job And Teach!

A former scientist and business consultant talks about why he took his MBA into the classroom.

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| Thu Jul. 21, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Wonder Woman Wants Education Reform in Chile Now!

Education-reform protest in Santiago includes appearances by Superman, Batman, Poison Ivy, and many more.

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| Wed Jul. 20, 2011 3:55 AM PDT

Michele Bachmann's Child Army

The GOP presidential candidate's secret weapon? Home-school activists.

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| Tue Jul. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Reforming the Education Reformers

In an unexpected move, Paul Tough pours cold water on education reform's overheated talking heads.

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| Thu Jul. 14, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

States Leave No Child Left Behind Behind

Tired of waiting for Congress to fix federal school accountability measures, Oregon and other states are creating their own.

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| Wed Jul. 13, 2011 11:30 AM PDT

The Biggest Cheating Scandal Ever

Atlanta teachers and principals get busted fudging their kids' standardized tests. Can we expect more antics like this?

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| Wed Jul. 6, 2011 12:00 PM PDT

A New Way to Measure the Achievement Gap

Finding stats about your schools' performance can be tough. This new tool makes it much easier.

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| Thu Jun. 30, 2011 3:15 PM PDT

What's the Best Way to Grade Teachers?

Deciding how to hand out grades to teachers may be this year's big education fight.

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| Wed Jun. 29, 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Is New Jersey's Honeymoon With Chris Christie Over?

Women turn against Christie, and voters say he's not cut out to be vice president.

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| Tue Jun. 21, 2011 6:11 AM PDT

You Can't Go Camping in a Tax Credit

Putting the nation's unemployed to work building parks and campgrounds helped pull America out of the Great Depression. So why is today's economic debate confined to cuts?

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| Mon Jun. 20, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Education of Michele Bachmann

Where the Minnesota Republican's conspiratorial views about government come from.

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| Thu Jun. 16, 2011 1:43 PM PDT