Anya Kamenetz

Prestige? Perks? Value for money? The question of how to rate a college is far from straightforward. Here's our annual guide to making sense of all those guides.

A new report suggests that 20 to 45 percent of students are at least one grade level ahead in at least one subject.

Giving a heads-up about potentially objectionable content seems to be common teaching practice. That's one of the findings from our unscientific survey of more than 800 faculty members.

The shutdown affects some 35,000 students and more than 8,000 employees in 38 states. ITT Technical Institutes blamed the Education Department, which recently imposed financial sanctions.

In a new poll, 84 percent of Americans say they'd rather a failing school be reorganized than shut down.

A new report shows that covering tuition for community college means very different things in different states.

Two new polls show contradictions and partisan divides in the public's opinion of education.

An evidence-based program teaches mindfulness to educators. Research suggests it can reduce their stress and improve their teaching.

Several recent studies looking at computers and online learning found mixed-to-negative results. And they offer clues about how schools and tech companies can do better.

A nonprofit called Ideas42 uses psychology to help more students maximize aid and finish their degrees. The approach seems to be working.

Seymour Papert was a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning with technology. He died this week at 88.

Artificial intelligence is getting stronger. Education must adapt. Here's a framework for separating out the things schools can and should teach that are uniquely human.

A Harvard professor argues that successful science teaching starts with understanding student misconceptions.

Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youth, or HIPPY, is a program backed by by 20 years of research. Bill Clinton gave it some love at his speech in Philadelphia. We take a closer look.

This proposal is novel and dramatic: a broadly scaled entitlement program for the middle class directed not at older people, like Social Security and Medicare, but at younger Americans.

Lasers and lava and mummies, oh my! Here are the exhibits that kids and their grown-ups love the most from 10 of the nation's best children's museums.

More students are getting affordable payments, a new report says. But they might not be the ones who really need it.

The minimum wage is flat, college tuition is up and students are broke: Summer jobs just don't have the purchasing power they used to, especially when you look at the cost of college.

A test that can flag struggling readers before they're old enough to read and the power of music to help a child hear language. A literacy two-fer from the NPR Ed Team.

A researcher warns against expanding prekindergarten programs where kids spend a quarter of the day waiting in line.