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A conservative majority seems set on restricting voting rights.

In a guest column, two academics honor Georgia-born education reformer Marcus Foster, one of the first Black superintendents of any major urban school

We sent the same questions to all of the school board candidates in the Montgomery School Board election. Heres what they responded.

New Superintendent Jermall Wright came to Little Rock after successful stints in Mississippi and Birmingham, getting a great reception from Mayor Frank Scott Jr., school board members, and business leaders.

Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Education, but it’s the truth.” Join us for this fireside chat with Arne Duncan to talk about the focus of his work and how technology can help drive success in schools.

Over the last decade, the electoral proxy war between charter advocates and teachers union groups has been a basic fact of L.A. Unified School District politics. But a pandemic can change a lot.

Los Angeles Unified's new superintendent must work with grassroots organizations and build on the district's strengths to help stem the tide of declining enrollment and other factors that are holding LAUSD schools back.

A high school student teacher leads preschool students in an art activity. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education A high school student teacher leads preschool students in an art activity. Bruce Fuller July 8, 2021 California families won big in the budget signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week — financing a half-million new child care seats and the nation’s boldest spread of preschool since the advent of Head Start nearly six decades ago. But whether teachers can be found and wages ...