Education

Notebooks are stacked on desks in a classroom at A.G. Hilliard Elementary School, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Education’s purpose isn’t just about getting a good job

Richard Lorenc · April 26, 2026 5:00 am

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Yale committee offers an encouragingly realistic report about the state of higher education

An empty school classroom

The truth about Arizona’s school choice program fraud

Students work on chromebook computers during classroom instruction.

Los Angeles schools take the lead in issuing classroom screen time limits

The Missouri State Capitol

Missouri State University sued for allegedly policing student speech

Language skills, not just reading and math, are essential for American education

Erin Dunne July 3, 2018 1:51 am

Lawrence Bacow speaks after being introduced Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, in Cambridge, Mass., as the 29th president of Harvard University. Bacow, former president of Tufts University and a leader-in-residence at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, assumes the office July 1. He will succeed Drew Faust, 70, who has served in the post for more than a decade as Harvard's first female president.

Harvard’s new president rejects claims of discrimination against Asian-Americans

Brooke Conrad July 2, 2018 4:43 pm

When you finish this editorial, pick up a book

Washington Examiner July 1, 2018 4:01 am

UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman, left, talks with Regent George Kieffer during a meeting in San Francisco.

UC Irvine chancellor gives ‘B-‘ for free speech on university campuses, others disagree

William Nardi, Brooke Conrad June 28, 2018 10:40 pm

If Rebecca Friedrichs does win, it would be a victory for any worker, of any race, who no longer wants to pay for a union he or she doesn't want to be a part of.

After Supreme Court Janus ruling, teacher speaks out

Kate Hardiman June 27, 2018 5:33 pm

Students on the campus of Holten Arms, an all girls private school in Bethesda, MD on Thursday Feburary 12, 2009.

More private school choice means more student safety

Corey DeAngelis June 27, 2018 2:08 pm

A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A Justice Department inquiry into how race factors into admissions at Harvard University has left top-tier colleges bracing for scrutiny of practices that have boosted diversity levels to new highs.

Harvard admissions trained on 'use of race,' court docs show in Asian-American discrimination case

Brooke Conrad June 25, 2018 6:39 pm

Charter schools face inadequate facilities, political opposition and over-reliance on philanthropy, among other challenges. (AP Photo)

Faced with bureaucratic hoops, charter school growth declines

Kate Hardiman June 25, 2018 2:00 pm

Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be United States Secretary of Labor, is interviewed by anchor Neil Cavuto during his "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Thursday, March 9, 2017.

Andy Puzder sees ‘big plus’ for workers in Trump’s proposed merger of Education and Labor Departments

Emily Jashinsky June 25, 2018 11:51 am

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son and Barron Trump, walk to board Marine One from the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 17, 2017, en route to Camp David in Maryland.

Melania Trump tells students: It is ‘far easier to say nothing’ than to ’speak words of kindness’

Caitlin Yilek June 24, 2018 11:53 pm

College Board’s decision to remove pre-Colonial material from the AP World History test upsets liberals

Troy Worden June 23, 2018 4:01 am

A graduate wears a decorated cap.

Forget the gender wage gap, what about the gender college degree gap?

Suzanne Venker June 22, 2018 3:47 pm