Charter-school study sparks debate
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Charter-school opponents and supporters are both claiming the high ground after a controversial report by the American Federation of Teachers that said students at charter schools fare worse than students at traditional public schools.
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Math and reading scores are rising in some states, but not as fast as envisioned under the No Child Left Behind law, a nonpartisan education group says.
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Philadelphia students who attended public schools managed by private operators fared no better academically than other students over the past four years, an analysis by Rand Corp. and Research for Action shows.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are taking it too far.
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In an ambitious experiment, some 2,500 teachers in the city are being measured on how much their students improve on standardized tests.
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In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom.
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Four months into the school year, some themes are working better than others, but at even the best-run schools, the future remains unclear.
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When students and administrators face off over academic policy, it's a safe bet which side will usually win. But a student uprising at McLean High School this fall over an anti-cheating initiative had an unusual outcome.
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A clash at a charter school in New York has exposed fault lines of wealth and class that are perhaps inevitable as philanthropists increasingly invest in public education.
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Pupils prefer active learning with real-life relevance, a review of research studies suggests.
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Merit pay tied to student test scores seems all the rage in some educational circles, but many teachers think it's an idea whose time hasn't come.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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Dozens of Texas schools appear to have cheated on the state's redesigned academic achievement test, casting doubt on whether the accountability system can reliably measure how schools are performing, a newspaper found.
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A British school has launched a pilot program where students as young as 11 are subjected to random drug tests &#151; a project that has generated interest in Washington and fed a civil liberties debate on both sides of the Atlantic.
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A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday.
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A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a specific approach in order to receive funding.
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A debate is festering among graduates and parents at St. Paul's, an elite school in New Hampshire, with critics accusing trustees and the rector of mismanagement.