department of education

U.S. Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. is urging all states to eliminate corporal punishment - punishments like spanking or paddling - from schools.In…

This week, the U.S. Department of Education released its 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) results. The CRDC is an annual survey of all public…

Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson sat down at a table in Texas to sign one of the most important pieces of education legislation in the…

There’s a war raging in Lansing over the future of academic testing in Michigan.Last fall, Michigan school kids took what was supposed to be their last…

We know, and have known for some time, that not every child in America gets the same shot at a good education. We know that children with darker skin are…