Just as the political air is filled with talk of the inevitability of Barack Obama's re-election -- we are told that the kids at his Chicago headquarters are brimming with confidence -- in come some poll numbers showing him behind.

Emory professor Mark Bauerlein takes a dim view of the millennial generation and the digital age.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

"The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead, and an economy that continues down the road we are on, where a fewer and fewer number of people do very well and everybody else is running faster and faster just to keep pace."

Indicators show that schools have failed. Citizens should insist on real change.

With school districts clamoring to partner with Sal Khan, in 2012 we’re going to hear a lot about the transformative potential of the “flipped classroom.

President Obama’s reelection largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers — again — and whether Mitt Romney will let him.In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2–1 margin, 66 percent to 32 percent. Even more impressive, he actually expanded the...