Fifty years ago, special education in America was born.In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the landmark law known today as ...

It began with The Putney School in the 1930s, one of the earliest American schools built around progressive ideals: ...

On a special episode (first released on March 26, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Are schools providing the best education possible for all their students? This episode's guest argues that the U.S.

Americans are increasingly questioning the value of a college degree as AI and automation shrink entry-level opportunities ...

If you haven’t noticed, the future of education in the United States is suddenly looking much more uncertain than at any point in the past half-century. For some students, changing economic indicators ...

“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.” So wrote a high school student from ...

When nearly 40% of high school graduates from the wealthiest nation in the world don’t pursue college, the question arises: What are we doing to ensure that education is a right for all, not a ...

Higher education is fighting back against Trump’s cuts and cancellations of grants, insisting it will cause chaos and harm. Credit: Frank Franklin II/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers one ...

America’s four-year colleges and universities have lost their way. Public trust in these institutions has plunged as their commitment to free inquiry and robust dialogue has come into question. They ...

So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 Commission, the contest invited ...