Educators try ‘brain breaks,’ meditation, jumping jacks, less screen time.

Insights about AI in the classroom from three education conferences.

As deadline looms, $289 million in federal education research funding may go unspent More than a third of the federal government’s education research budget — an estimated $289 million — could go unspent this year, according to an analysis by an advocacy group. The Knowledge Alliance, which…

We can use the tools we have to connect neighboring districts with new cross-community partnerships

Colleges could standardize financial aid information to make it easier to compare. But they don’t.

Colleges could standardize financial aid information to make it easier to compare. But they don’t.

A first-of-its-kind study has found that occupational, physical and speech therapies, among others — improve children’s test scores in third grade.

Free speech and unbiased research are at risk, leaving students without professors who can follow evidence and ask honest questions.

A 337-acre campus was created to help close the training gaps of thousands of newly hired engineering graduates 

New programs and partnerships promise to develop pipelines that can help students complete their degrees and enter the workforce.

A new and previously unreported estimate projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, with a combined 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or having to merge within the next 10 years.

As part of a deal to restore its federal funding, the university is underwriting apprenticeships for people exiting prison and programs for early educators. Critics call the payments extortion and note Trump has cut federal support for workforce development.

The quest to build a better AI tutor It’s easy to get swept up in the hype about artificial intelligence tutors. But the evidence so far suggests caution. Some studies have found that chatbot tutors can backfire because students lean on them too heavily, get spoonfed solutions and fail to absorb…

A Maine town is launching a boarding school to help students battling substance use disorder stay on track toward graduation.

Our system for educating children with special needs is broken, and it is not serving our children well. We rarely hear about the costs imposed on families, because keeping these costs invisible prevents holding systems accountable.

Many parents think holding back their children in kindergarten gives them a academic and social boost, but the effects don’t last very long, according to new research.

The heat is on: As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt When George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school never had. There was a…

Urged to speak out, education researchers face a high-stakes choice It’s a bit like asking patients in intensive care to make the case for their own treatment. Federal education research — the system that tracks student learning and evaluates what works — has been battered by mass firings,…

Over the past few months, urban, suburban and rural communities have experienced a surge in ICE presence, arrests and deportations — affecting thousands of school-age children. It is crucial that we do more to protect these kids.

A New York State course intended to help educators use phonics and the science of reading effectively doesn’t do so and could impede students’ progress, literacy experts say.

Admissions-focused platforms could farm out routine questions and give overworked counselors more time to focus on individual students.

The AI ‘hivemind’: Why so many student essays sound alike Bruce Maxwell, professor of computer science at Northeastern University, was grading exams for his online master’s course in computer vision, a subfield in artificial intelligence that deals with images, when he first noticed that something…

OPINION: Winning a prestigious award can make anyone’s day. But for a working-class student, it can transform a life Fulbright award notifications were trickling in, and as the Fulbright campus adviser at Lehman College in the Bronx, I was glued to the application portal and kept my phone close. I…

Green schools = big savings In Warren County, Kentucky, the school district saved more than $2 million in utility costs since retrofitting five schools with solar panels and introducing other energy efficiencies. In Jamestown, Rhode Island, installing solar panels at two schools is saving the…

Child care centers tap retirees to fill staffing gaps DENVER — It was nap time at Family Star Montessori, and Sue Alexander, a retired accountant, settled onto the floor beside a little girl named Ophelia. The child leaned against her and announced: "I love squishy things." Alexander’s "squishy…

How a Minneapolis child care center survived an ICE surge — and is moving forward MINNEAPOLIS — On a frigid February afternoon at a Spanish-immersion child care center, toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents helped them pull on mittens and hats before heading home. In an office…

Readers weigh in on our story about screen time for kids in school Last fall, I was contacted by a reader who was so concerned about the pervasive use of screens in their young child’s classroom, they had pulled their child out of their local school district. The parent wanted to know if, from my…

OPINION: There’s a ‘cascade effect’ from the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, and it’s hurting Black and Latino students As widely predicted, Black and Latino student enrollment is falling at elite institutions nationwide in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling restricting…

After fights over social studies standards, conservative activists come for math Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less than half the length…

Southern states boost early reading, but gains stall in middle school When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the miracle has hit a wall:…

OPINION: Teachers are being deprived of chances to learn Black history and bring lessons back to the classroom  As an English teacher in 2016, I spent a summer in the archives of the Brooklyn Historical Society learning about abolition and women’s suffrage efforts. I held original bills of sale of…

Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Quinn McDonald planned to spend the typical four years working toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Then he heard about a place where he could get the same degree in three. “It was the idea of…

Behind ideological attacks on higher ed, surprising bipartisan reforms are happening It’s rare in an era of partisan division to hear a veteran of the Clinton and Obama presidencies agreeing with a right-leaning economist who worked for George W. Bush. Yet these prominent voices from opposite ends…

IPads in kindergarten, YouTube videos at snack time: Parents are pushing back on screens in the early grades  CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — A few months before her daughter started kindergarten, Claire Benoist saw a Facebook post that stunned her. Another family with an incoming kindergartner was…

DOGE tore down the Education Department’s research and statistical agency. Now some in the Trump administration are pushing to rebuild it A year ago, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency swept into the Department of Education and devastated its research arm, the Institute of Education…

Politicians say left-wing professors push their views. New poll shows students don’t see it that way. Conservative politicians warn of “woke” college campuses, where liberal professors teach their opinions and stifle any dissent. Their concerns have led them to get involved in the day-to-day…

As business costs rise, child care programs are increasing tuition to survive It’s becoming markedly more expensive to run a child care business. And as public funding fails to keep up with inflation, those costs are getting passed on to families that in many cases can’t afford to pay more. Those…

Are microschools a solution to falling public school enrollment? One district thinks so GREENFIELD, Ind. — Seventh grader Taitym Lynch plans most of her school day herself, mapping out a schedule each morning on her school laptop. She typically starts with math when her brain is sharpest, logging…

TEACHER VOICE: We don’t have a math problem in Arkansas or in the United States. We have a culture problem For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either are a “math person” or they are not. I get it: Math isn’t easy. Movies and TV shows…

Educators ‘climatize’ their classes to prepare students for work and life on a warming planet About four years ago, Holly Bailey-Hofmann’s English 101 class at West Los Angeles College got a complete makeover. She’d signed up to be part of a pilot program for professors interested in infusing…

Conservative-leaning civic centers now teach courses at public colleges COLUMBUS, Ohio — One glossy insert stuck out from the orientation packet handed to hundreds of Ohio State University freshmen last August. It advertised a tempting offer: Students could earn a $4,000 scholarship — close to a…

With reading scores slipping, Massachusetts is changing course. Some teachers aren’t happy WAKEFIELD, Mass. — One winter morning at the Woodville School in this town about 15 miles north of Boston, teacher Danielle Masse was guiding her class of kindergartners through a lesson on identifying the…

Parents trust report cards more than test scores — with consequences for kids Most parents want to help their children succeed. We check report cards, ask about homework and try to help our kids study. When that fails, we sometimes hire tutors. But in an era of rising grades, it’s easy to be…

OPINION: There is no clear strategy to prepare U.S. high schoolers for life after graduation, and that must change U.S. high schools and districts need to treat college and career readiness as a core, systemic responsibility — not an add-on. Sure, they are working hard to better prepare students…

Alabama made a big investment in elementary math, but underresourced schools still have a long way to go GREENVILLE, Ala. — Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to…

Inside the fight to save Texas’ Native American studies course Savion Horn watched as “before” and “after” images appeared on a screen at the front of his classroom: black-and-white photos of boys and girls, much younger than him and his classmates, first with faces framed by long hair and…

OPINION: Want to get young people excited about learning? Give them hands-on programs, mentors and skills that lead to good careers Sitting in a classroom and being lectured day after day is no way to excite young people about learning. Students want educational experiences that engage them, link…

What’s behind explosive student behavior? Last summer, I was visiting a Head Start center in rural Ohio when a teacher offhandedly mentioned to me that student behavior has become markedly worse since the pandemic. The teacher was confident she knew why: too much time on iPads at home. The comment…

Biting, kicking, wandering the classroom: Teachers say there’s a rise in misbehavior even among the littlest kids SAN MATEO, Calif. — School had been in session at Lead Elementary for less than an hour, but already Andrea Quinn had paused teaching her first graders nearly 20 times. First, there…

When school size matters and when it doesn’t For two decades, New York City’s small high schools stood out as one of the nation’s most ambitious — and controversial — urban education reforms. Now, a long-term study provides a clearer picture of their successes and disappointments. In the early…