Historically, student protest has been a vital force for change in America — whether against segregation, the Vietnam War or apartheid in South Africa. As Nihad Awad, national executive director of ...

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.

President Donald Trump’s bold plan to eliminate the Department of Education bureaucracy and return education policy to the ...

In the three months since the second Trump administration took over, American education has faced drastic changes. On March ...

The feeling was almost palpable in the crisp spring air on Friday as Nikki Churchwell exited the U.S. Department of Education ...

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

This will not end education as we know it in America. The department has been a Republican bugbear ever since it was created ...

Given a choice of five alternatives, ranging from trade school to apprenticeships to military service, large majorities think ...

Actually eliminating the U.S. Department of Education — which administers billions of dollars in funding to schools — would ...

Last week, the U.S. education system was upended — and it all began with a scoop from Jake Offenhartz. The week prior, ...

I was invited by the 92nd Street Y to participate in a debate on school choice and charter schools. What follows are my opening remarks—a case for parental agency and pluralism over a one-size-fits ...