At last week’s ASU+GSV conference in San Diego, I was asked to try to decipher the state of education politics alongside my friends Andy Rotherham and Penny Schwinn. Penny moderated, asking great ...

A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

The U.S. Department of Education during the government shutdown has sent layoff notices to 465 staff members across six of the agency’s 17 primary offices. Affected workers include virtually the ...

With both Halloween and Election Day looming, it’s the ideal time to consider the new, sugar-frosted politics of education. Fifteen or 20 years ago, for better and worse, education policy was ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to ...

In Tamil Nadu, education has never been just about classrooms, exams or school reforms. It has been about language, about identity, about federalism, and, of course, about power. For over five decades ...

The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats. By Eileen Sullivan and Michael C. Bender Reporting from Washington Some furloughed ...