Every few years, education seems to discover something new that will finally fix schools—a new framework, a new approach, a new way of thinking about teaching and learning. It arrives with urgency and ...

Whether over creationism or gender identity, bitter political fights have sprung up around what sorts of ideas should be taught in public schools. Education is often touted as a tool of social ...

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Ever since Nobel laureate T. W. Schultz’s foundational 1960 lecture on “human capital,” economists have documented the importance of “investing in human beings” and the crucial role that education ...

Before the Civil War, America had few institutions like Antioch College. Founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1850, Antioch was coed and unaffiliated with any religious sect; it was also the first ...

The Trump administration alienated many elite schools in its latest effort to overhaul higher education, so it looked elsewhere for allies. By Michael C. Bender Reporting from Washington President ...