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

Ivy League Yale higher education college university

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

In this 2015 photo, the Vox website is displayed on an iPad in Los Angeles.

Vox rewrites history to make Barbara Bush-hating professor the victim

Becket Adams April 24, 2018 9:52 pm

Kenneth Marcus, nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Marcus told the Senate panel that he supports the administration's effort to overhaul laws governing campus sexual assault. Last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new guidelines that could make it harder to meet the threshold for investigating campus sexual assault.

Confirm Kenneth Marcus to the Department of Education

Jackson Richman April 24, 2018 9:48 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Nancy Pelosi tells students not to shut down campus speakers

Emily Jashinsky April 24, 2018 6:14 pm

"For a transitioning employee, this means that, once he or she has begun living and working full-time in the gender that reflects his or her identity, agencies should allow access to restrooms and (if provided to other employees) locker room facilities consistent with his or her gender identity," say the guidelines. (Thinkstock)

Department of Justice funds college’s ‘Masculinity Mondays’ program to ‘create healthier masculinities’

Anthony Gockowski April 24, 2018 4:38 pm

Public supports teacher walkouts but splits on new taxes for education

Sean Higgins April 23, 2018 5:59 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee, on the FY2019 Department of Education.

States with school choice increase their ‘Educational Progress’ score

Kate Hardiman April 20, 2018 5:48 pm

Walk Tall . . .

The Scrapbook April 20, 2018 6:31 am

This photo take May 2, 2016, shows Marquette University Professor John McAdams, right, speaking during the news conference in Milwaukee. A dispute between the conservative professor and the university that fired him goes before the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether the teacherâs termination was because of a blog post or his conduct. Former Marquette University professor McAdams says in a lawsuit he was fired for exercising his freedom of speech by criticizing what he saw as an instructor shutting down a discussion against gay marriage.

Free speech or doxing? All eyes on Wisconsin campus court case

Salena Zito April 18, 2018 10:43 pm

School choice works, but it could work better

Cori Petersen, Will Flanders April 18, 2018 4:36 pm

Arizona teachers and education advocates shout as they march at the Arizona Capitol highlighting low teacher pay and school funding Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Phoenix.

Arizona teachers voting on walkout

Sean Higgins April 17, 2018 10:08 pm

More than 250 professors targeted via online campaigns in past year

Kate Hardiman April 17, 2018 5:27 pm

"We should not be banning guns from law-abiding citizens," Paul Ryan said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday. "We should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not be getting guns in the first place don't get those guns."

Republicans’ behind-the-scenes fight to replace Paul Ryan

Susan Ferrechio April 17, 2018 4:00 am