Middle-school principal Anthony Orsini of Ridgewood, N.J., made national headlines last year when he urged parents to keep their young adolescents off Facebook -- at least until high school.

The slings and arrows of social-media stings by peers -- also known as cyberbullying -- were far more common...

The interviews, tryouts and discussions about which high schools to rank in what order are over in our household, so I've been wondering lately why my 13-year-old continues to nervously tug on his hair and why his friends avoid all conversations about high school.

I blame post-traumatic stress, an outgrowth...

A New York Supreme Court judge will decide whether the public has a right to see individual teacher ratings based on student test scores in the nation's largest school district, an indication that the days

I waited patiently outside an auditorium door for my turn -- then bravely took the stage to work on the song I'd been practicing for months, "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.

Three judges stared silently at me, looking bored and unimpressed, their arms...

I'm getting close to asking New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, or even Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, to sign a letter to employers around the city, asking them to grant parents in the midst of choosing middle schools and especially high schools...

By Casey Selix of MinnPost and Liz Willen of The Hechinger Report

This is the time of year Inver Hills Community College Vice President Barbara Read stands in the door of the...

Arizona shocked the education world on Tuesday -- but this time not by passing another draconian law on immigration or sex education. Instead, Arizona was a surprise finalist in the second round of the $4 billion

An eerie silence pervades the cavernous hallways as Samuel J. Tilden High School prepares to graduate its final class. After 80 years, the hulking Brooklyn institution that once graduated a thousand seniors a year will host a scaled down ceremony on Friday, handing out diplomas...