Idaho last week became the 34th state to receive a waiver from No Child Left Behind, the sweeping Bush-era education law that sought to make all stude...

Just 12 percent of America's high schools produce half of the nation's dropouts. For an education moon shot, improving the nation's chronically underperforming schools is where the Eagle has to land. And like the moon landing, it will take new technologies to solve the dropout crisis.

More than half of Americans are dissatisfied with American public education, but are more inclined to rate their own children’s schools highly, acco...

By Stephanie Simon NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The investors gathered in a tony private club in Manhattan were eager to hear about the...

After sparking controversy by quoting a former judge who stated the Klu Klux Klan designed the American public school system to hurt African-Americans...

How do we make sure that testing is perceived as informative and challenging, rather than as a series of anxiety-filled experiences that disrupt real learning?

THE United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country....

It's time to have a conversation about what's right in our schools. And as we debate what to do to fix the problems, let's remember that there are successes in education every day we can emulate.

Spurred by Waiting for "Superman," America is having an Education Moment. And we have launched a new section: HuffPost Education.