When partnering with outside consultants to turn around a school, schools districts must consider how the work is setting schools up for long-term success.

How many times have you heard Barack Obama talk about "investing" in education? Quite a few, if you've been listening to the president at all.In fact Americans have been investing more and more in education over the years, led by presidents Democratic and Republican. But it's become glaringly...

The developing gender gap in the gifted programs in New York City shows how American boys across the ability spectrum and in all age groups have become second-class citizens in the nation's schools.

Please join us for a hard-hitting discussion of the controversial issue of teachers unions.

The most intriguing and daring ventures in K-12 education today are the efforts to reimagine the way American schoolchildren learn. Entrepreneurial ventures like Teach For America, the KIPP Academies, New Leaders for New Schools, and High Tech High are reinventing the definition and delivery methods of public education. Yet these...

ROTC cadets on elite campuses across much of the nation still face serious obstacles to their aspiration to serve their country.In the case of Columbia, the blame lies not with Columbia or its students, but with the ROTC program in New York City--which has just four host units located on campuses remote from most students.

After a faculty meeting, Yale University is expected to join the ranks of other elite schools where, after four decades of exile and estrangement dating back to the Vietnam War, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is returning to campus.

Since Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed him chancellor of the New York City Department of Education in 2002, Joel Klein has drawn headlines, praise, and criticism for his hard-nosed leadership of the nation’s largest public school system. His tenure has become a leading example for those arguing for and against mayoral...