Harvard Graduate School of Education's Meira Levinson argues that recovering the civic purposes of public schools will take more than tweaking their curricula. Drawing on political theory, empirical research and her own experience from teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson calls on schools to remake civic education.

Harvard recognizing its Naval ROTC program is a great moment and other universities should follow suit.

This volume is an ambitious exploration of possible future directions for revitalized American colleges and universities.

From the moment adventurers reached each other's shores in the early 1800s, cultural encounter formed the bedrock of U.S.-Japan ties.

This book aims to reorient discussions about school reform by moving away from "whole school" solutions to customized services and products.

Washington Post editorial writer and liberal blogger Jonathan Capehart is puzzled. Why does the "non-issue" of Harvard law professor and Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry "require so much attention?" he asked last week.

When Warren was teaching at Pennsylvania, Texas and...

In this genial and challenging overview of endless debates over school reform, Frederick M. Hess shows that even bitter opponents in debates about how to improve schools agree on much more than they realize--and that much of it must change radically.

Not only is cost-cutting essential in this era of tightened resources, but eliminating inefficient spending is critical for freeing up resources to drive school reform.