While school system governance, school choice and school closings have dominated recent discussions about school reform, the beginning of summer break is a perfect time to highlight the impact summer learning loss has on efforts to close achievement gaps.

Even though kids are busier these days -- taking more tests and doing more extracurricular activities to get into much more competitive colleges -- a part-time job during the school year in high school should be a no-brainer, right?

We're all in the same boat, on the same choppy water, parents. And just like all of the other stuff we've had to figure out on the fly with just our wits and will (and a spare granola bar for sustenance), we'll probably find the right path for our families, at the right time, in the right place.

Thank you for spending this year with my child, maybe the last year when I can really, truly call him a child, and for continuing to nurture his love of school. Thank you for the Friday afternoon dance parties, the reading breaks, and the current events assignments that had him reading news articles with new interest.

When girls are raised to believe their value is tied to their marketability, the determination of their self-worth is always in the hands of others.

Public money spent on early childhood education pays immediate dividends, in that it allows parents to work, and pay taxes, and provide futures for th...

When we stop talking about sex education as this sliver of an experience and start talking about it as telling stories, we open up possibilities for everyone to play a part. Everyone can tell stories.

America, as a country, would be wise to implement languages in the curriculum as early as Pre-K in public schools.

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We are responsible for giving our kids their faith in America's open road. It's our job to authenticate the feasibility of their dream -- one that is even better than ours -- and we have not done so.

Instead of pitting public schools against charters and vouchers, we've all got to take an unvarnished look at the gorilla in the room: poverty.

I told my daughter that from the first moment I began teaching, I knew that the tests were unjust and I despised them. My disgust with them has only grown with each passing year.

Written by Ken Corbett for Slate Last week, the NRA released its National School Shield Task Force Proposal. At the heart of this proposal is the ...

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK | Mon Apr 8, 2013 4:23pm EDT (Reuters Health) - Strict school lunch standards that are similar to new regulations f...