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, ...

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 ...

It's been quite an incredible year in the education space. While we've witnessed a surge in the number of politicians with no education experience make decisions on how schools should run and a wider ...

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 ...

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 ...

“NOTE: No one, under any circumstances, including the student, may alter the student’s responses on these tests once the student has handed in his or her test materials. Teachers and administrators ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles examining President Obama’s record. In 3 1 / 2 years in office, President Obama has set in motion a broad overhaul of public education from ...

Note: Bill Jackson, founder and CEO of GreatSchools, is guest posting this week. Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Rick, for the opportunity to chat it up with your peeps. And chat it up we will.

U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, invites high school students to apply for the 2012-13 Congressional Youth Advisory Council for the 3rd District. The advisory council is open to students in public and ...

In late 2007, Web browser pioneer, entrepreneur, and now venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote a really great blog post about Internet platforms. When I decided I’d write about education platforms ...

For most people, education is usually seen as a right, not a fight. But that’s exactly what it was for Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl attending school in northwest Pakistan. Yousafzai, now 15 years ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...