Early testing of schoolchildren has no impact on their educational attainment down the line. Nor do the tests have any effect ...

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Rep. Jahana Hayes emphasized the importance of embracing new technologies—such as AI—in education while ensuring teachers and administrators are properly trained to use them. She expressed concern ...

Most people assume that educational research is designed to help teachers and schools. After all, billions of taxpayer dollars flow to universities and think tanks with the expectation that the work ...

University of Virginia interim President Paul Mahoney announced Friday that the University has provided comments on the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. The compact, which ...

Going on antidepressants can give many people their life back, but for some there is a catch. About 25% to 80% of people who take antidepressants experience sexual side effects to some degree during ...

This June, two Ph.D. candidates in the Education Department, Micah Card and Emanuel Suarez Jimenez, were awarded 2025 Spencer Dissertation Fellowships by the National Academy of Education (NAEd), an ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced a partnership Wednesday with more than 40 conservative organizations to create programming around civics aimed at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Ever since Covid-19 closed U.S. schools for in-person instruction in March 2020, questions about pandemic learning loss have shaped reactions to new data on student learning. How much did achievement ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s top education official accused critics of deliberately misrepresenting state test results in an effort to undermine public schools and push for privatization.

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...