Anya Kamenetz

FastTrain, a for-profit school in Florida, collected some $35 million in student loans and federal financial aid and used deceptive advertising and pressure tactics to recruit students.

The HIPPY program, based on home visits, teaches parents to be their children's first teachers.

Taking a year off before college can be a great idea or a disaster. Follow these tips.

A new study breaks down 1.4 million nights of sleep on college campuses. The results are surprising.

The latest reading and math scores of 12th-graders nationwide are out today. Here's a closer look.

A new national survey shows a huge disconnect between parent perceptions and student performance.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, looks beyond the "dark cloud" of No Child Left Behind. In the new federal law, she sees opportunity, for teachers and students.

Some teachers worry the heated rhetoric is causing stress, especially among immigrant and minority students. Others are trying to channel the political interest into learning opportunities.

Successful science learning starts with understanding student misconceptions, argues a Harvard professor.

It can be hard to make sense of the words used by people who want to make schools better. Here's our Reader's Guide, using the most common words in English.

A new study says that 69 percent of Chicago high school students earned D's or F's when retaking algebra on computers.

Hundreds of thousands of first-year students from all backgrounds are shelling out for remedial courses, says a new report.

Partners to the P-TECH collaboration continue to disagree. But exceptions will be made for struggling students.

Meet Stratégenius Consulting — a company that helps schools find candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.

Many schools in the U.S. already use a software tool to block certain websites. Now, they're implementing that same tool to prevent suicide — the second leading cause of death among youth.

School administrators increasingly have the power to track students' Web browsing on school-issued laptops, even when the students are at home. The implications are complicated.

The Department of Education announcement may make it easier for students to get their money back.

Black girls are suspended from school at six times the rate of white girls. In a new book, Pushout, author Monique Morris tells their stories.

Recent advances — such as the victory over a human Go champion — raise important questions about AI's potential role in teaching and learning.

In some ways, all charters are public schools. But there are debates about how they're managed — and who should run them.