EqualEd

Many student athletes serve a key role as ambassadors for universities. But how the players benefit educationally or financially isn’t aways clear. A growing coalition is rethinking that relationship. 

Analyzing what’s wrong with college admissions became a pastime for Americans this week. At the heart of the discussion is a desire for fair opportunities to get ahead.  

A path to certification for foreign-born teachers is intended to help diversify Portland’s teaching staff as well as reduce ‘brain waste.’

We asked our readers to send in their stories of incredible teaching. And they delivered.

A year of teacher walkouts in the US has been forcing communities to face school underfunding and low pay. But some school districts are offering housing to attract and retain new teachers.

Increasingly, students are looking at a country’s reputation as much as a college’s and asking, Where can I make a home? For many college students, Canada is being seen as the new land of opportunity.

For years many charter schools embraced toughness on infractions small or large. But a shift is under way toward the idea that it’s possible to combine high expectations with the nurturing so many students need.

Lots of learning occurs outside the classroom – but doesn’t appear on transcripts. Our education reporter saw a chance to listen in on New Hampshire’s debate about the best way to balance individual choice with the collective public good.

More community college students are making their way to four-year universities – and helping schools meet enrollment and diversity goals. What might that mean for college affordability?

Hampshire College, the famously experimental liberal arts college in Amherst, Mass., is facing dire financial straits. Is the school a bellwether for the collapse of small colleges that rely on tuition?