As technology infiltrates the classroom and as the skills required in our new economy change, how can we rethink education to better prepare us for the future? Education is at a crossroads. Technology ...

For the third year in a row, NBC News hosted a national Education Nation Summit in New York City. The three-day event brought together more than 300 of the country's thought leaders in education, ...

In an otherwise austere federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012, President Barack Obama last week singled out education as an area crucial to the country’s economic future. He called for ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In 2012, new ...

Abstract: In August 2012, the White House released the report “Investing in Our Future: Returning Teachers to the Classroom” to bolster President Obama’s call for massive new education spending. The ...

Five big trends that will shape education for the next decade became fully evident this year. 1. State policy matters more. With federal devolution (e.g., ESEA waivers) and state aggregation of ...

State Superintendent John White tweeted, “Amidst talk of legal questions I return to [a] moral question: do parents and children deserve options, no matter their wealth? [The] answer is clear.” Now ...

Oregon Chief Education Officer Rudy Crew has hired two deputies, one the longtime dean of Western Oregon University's college of education and the other a former Washington school superintendent, he ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan lawmakers are beginning to wrestle with sweeping proposals that could dramatically affect finances and control of public K-12 schools. Should parents have broader choices when ...

A Columbus charter school already strained because of poor fiscal management now is under state scrutiny for its work with special-needs children. Ohio Department of Education officials made an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. In most discussions of education reform, teachers receive the ...