Education Week journalists have consistently heard anecdotes about problems with student behavior and engagement, so for the 2026 The State of Teaching survey, we crafted a few questions about how ...

As a School Board member, I should welcome higher education spending, particularly in a new age of austerity, right? As an elected official focused on education, I routinely ask myself these two ...

UNICEF estimates that one-third of the children of school-going age do not have access to education. Only 7% of children aged 7-14 demonstrate the expected numeracy skills, whereas only 12% come up in ...

We must revitalize general education—and, in doing so, we will begin to solve other problems facing the university.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since January’s inauguration, two trends have characterized education policy during the second Trump administration. This ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

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As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

The Central African Republic had a literacy rate of 37% in 2020, which is one of the lowest in the world. The country spent around 2.1% of its GDP on education in 2022. Approximately 54% of girls and ...