The crisis pointed to by the Council of Great City Schools has a reverberating impact upon the future of Black America and our ability to be productive and competitive in the Age of Innovation.

Our challenge is this: How can you drill down an incredibly complicated issue -- education -- to a simple message that motivates the average American to do something? And what's the something?

Indianapolis' Excel Center set its enrollment at 200 students when it opened its doors this fall to give high school dropouts another opportunity to e...

Seniors embody a vast reservoir of skills, talent and wisdom that we gratuitously salute but do not harness for productive roles. How can seniors save American education and insure a 21st century-ready workforce?

I encourage my fellow Americans, regardless of your parental status or direct utilization of our tax supported public educational system, to consider making a personal commitment to public education in your community.

At 21, after becoming the first in my family to graduate from college, I decided to dedicate a year of my life to serving my community.

In education these days, it's only politically acceptable to discuss how much is spent, not how well it's spent.