There is a fundamental tension between assessment for accountability and assessment for learning.

Like the maddeningly successful author Diane Ravitch, I, too, have changed my mind about No Child Left Behind.

According to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the PISA scores released this past Tuesday were "a massive wake-up call.

When it comes to school reform, President Obama and his secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, intend to spend 2011 pursuing more federal influence over...

SEATTLE — The federal government has enticed 730 schools across the nation to reinvent themselves this school year, and nearly a third have chosen t...

According to a recent report published by the Education Trust, there continue to be high rates of unqualified teachers in American schools. Many are ...

Successful schools nationwide are opening doors to students from low-performing schools as a result of the No Child Left Behind law. The Washington P...

Over the course of my educational experience I've collected a list of criteria that I believe create an atmosphere ripe for improving student achievement. Here I will call it: Top 10 Ways to Improve Student Achievement and Create Learners.

What exactly is a regular public school, as opposed to a charter school? Is there such a thing? For that matter, is there a typical charter school?

The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package ...

Our schools are turning millions of normal children into dropouts and failures. This isn't because of a few bad teachers or principals, but because the natural learning behaviors of children are routinely penalized instead of praised.

Charter operators and their lobbying groups have dis-empowered teachers and turned charters into a self-interested, anti-public school, anti-union entrepreneurial venture.

I am tired of the hubris of non-educators, who use tactics from their own realms to leverage change in schools, in order to then leverage change in other political and/or economic arenas.

From an educator's perspective, a big part of our problem right now is money; the lack of it and how it is dispersed.

As Republican candidates gain dozens of seats in the House, claiming a majority over Democrats, education leaders wonder how the shift will impact fed...

We all know that a quality education is our best tool in the fight against poverty. But it's up to all of us to ensure that tool is as effective it can be.

The medium is the message, right? Maybe the mainstream attention education reform is receiving is our best or only way to provoke action right now.

A federal investigation has been launched to examine 250,000 grade school exams with heavy erase marks. The "improved" scores, which evaluate children...