The Education Department announced Wednesday it is investigating 15 K-12 schools, one university and two state education departments over their transgender athlete policies.   The educational

In a Monday morning high school art class in West Greenwich, a security detail stood next to a table adorned with rows of metallic-tubed paints in varying states of fullness, and kept close watch over U.

Mississippi’s turnaround has been the talk of the education world over the last few years. Its success has generated awe but also skepticism. After all, it is notoriously difficult to improve schools at scale. Could the “Mississippi miracle,” as some have called it, be real? I traveled to Mississippi last month to see for myself.

Another state has been recognized for the success it's had helping students learn to read, despite high poverty and low education spending. Pa. wants to consider following their lead.

Florida lawmakers are considering three bills that could significantly change the state's public education system. One proposed bill would require teachers to swear a loyalty oath, which the Florida Education Association opposes. Another bill seeks to repeal a law that allows charter schools to use under-utilized district property at no cost.

The science of reading was a “key piece of what we did,” said Rachel Canter, the longtime leader of education reform group Mississippi First who now works at the Progressive Policy Institute, said to the Times. But people are “missing the forest for the trees if they are only looking at that.”

Democrats must embrace institutional reform and prioritize accountability in public education to regain the trust of parents and voters, and to ensure a future-focused education agenda that

Rep. Kristin Noble's statement, released Wednesday, followed a report by the left-wing news site Granite Post exposing a pair of messages sent by a user labeled as "Kristin Noble," who wrote: "when we have segregated schools we can add all the fun stuff lol.