School News

A rise of voices in support of public education, against corporate reform and public school privatization efforts, notably in Chicago, is becoming difficult to ignore.

Lawsuits filed by parents and the Chicago Teachers Union aim to delay or stop the closure of 54 public schools in Chicago at the end of this school year.

We're pleased to advance this release from Adopt-a-Classroom, a nonprofit organization that provides teachers across the country with pocket "currency" so they can purchase school supplies.

Although 2-year colleges have low academic expectations, students struggle, partly because high-school standards are too lax in English and too rigid in math.

The release of test questions from New York's new reading exam, a journalistic activity that may have been illegal, gives us an opportunity to comment.

Our response to an op-ed piece in the New York Times, which suggests a fantastical compromise on class sizes that won't be liked by anyone.

The test blueprints for PARCC assessments, which will affect both Illinois and Maryland in the 2014-15 school year, have been released after more than a year of review.

Illinois cut off funding for a charter operator, saying it failed to disclose the appearance of a conflict of interest in awarding construction contracts to the brothers of one charter executive.

Some online capacity issues may have corrupted the results from Minnesota's new statewide tests, as students were frustrated by the length of time needed to load questions onto their screens.