The volume of conversation about education has increased over the last few years, but what's often lost are the very real stories of the young people whose lives are impacted and the people and programs that are beating the odds.

Recently a group of senators introduced five bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that included the "Empowering Loca...

Proposed new standards neatly encapsulate a decade of independent research: in order to truly benefit kids, after-school program activities should be based on planned and sequenced curricula that support specific learning and developmental goals.

High school football is undeniably a focal point in many American communities. Friday nights find students, parents, teachers, alumni and other locals...

Will these tools to help students go further, faster and be available to kids who have the farthest to go?

Funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers would be increased by $135 million next year, potentially helping 135,000 more kids

There's more than one way to expand the school day so that kids make academic gains, engage more deeply in school and develop the resiliency they need to persist through high school and college graduation.

A Detroit principal was suspended without pay Wednesday for allegedly padding the payroll for teachers at an elementary after school program, reported...

In the next two weeks over 1,000 children in Los Angeles will enroll in our after school program and pledge to become of part of the solution that keeps their communities from falling behind.