Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Rhode Island’s largest school district alerted current and ex-employees affected by massive data breach but has yet to acknowledge student victims.

Amid a growing deficit and a mayor with sagging approval ratings, America’s fourth-biggest district turns to voters for the ...

Villegas: Current data doesn't account for issues with testing, diversity and chronic absenteeism, among other challenges for this key group of kids.

Over the past year and a half, Katy Knight has been on a quiet quest to uncover good education-related tech tools, often ...

Latrenda Knighten, the president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, agreed students can learn math ...

The number of homeless students who attend Los Angeles Unified schools rose by more than a quarter in the last school year, ...

School counselors are stretched too thin to provide students with the guidance they need. How the federal government can help ...

Banay: Afterschool, vacation and summer programs aren't just an opportunity to improve academic skills. They are — simply put ...

Districts spent the majority of the funds on the “teaching” category, including expenses like hiring teacher’s aides & afterschool programming staff.

Harris: In recent years, Indiana has shown that a better approach is possible by tracking and reporting an array of ...

Gaps between materials required by districts and those used in classrooms put the mission of improving student literacy at risk.