Congress is taking another swing at a long overdue update to a key law governing education research, but it might have a long way to go before it passes. The Senate’s education committee on Dec. 12 ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

What is Building Evidence in Education (BE 2)? Building Evidence in Education (BE 2) is a global working group, launched in 2012, aimed at enhancing evidence generation and use to improve education ...

In October, New America hosted a public event to discuss how technology and AI can enhance, rather than undermine, children's literacy.

The new question-of-the-week is: What do you think have been the most important education research findings from the past 10 years, and what areas are you hoping researchers focus on in the next 10 ...

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Most people assume that educational research is designed to help teachers and schools. After all, billions of taxpayer dollars flow to universities and think tanks with the expectation that the work ...

Over the past decade, the proportion of Americans who are confident in higher education fell from 57 percent to 36 percent. The decline in trust partially reflects the rising costs of college and ...

President Donald Trump wants to end funding for TRIO, Federal Work-Study and other grant programs that support students on campus as part of a broader plan to cut $163 billion in nondefense programs.