School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” ...

High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report.

It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The ...

Exasperating. Depressing. Predictable. That’s how experts describe the latest results from the National Assessment of ...

Eighth grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment ...

Eighth grade students' science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Sarah Powell, an ...

This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, ...

UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

EdSource · Play and potty training: The realities of California's TK rollout Play and potty training: The realities of California’s TK rollout August 28, 2025 - California schools need a whole new ...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the decline in American students' literacy and math skills was a national emergency ...