Welcome to Chalkbeat Ideas, a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Next week we have an online event with Education Department official Lindsey ...

It’s easy to see why school choice is popular with parents: It enables them to make the educational arrangements that best convey the values, knowledge, and skills they wish their children to acquire.

A study of 2,000 parents finds that they’re more inclined to step in with extra help when grades, but not test scores, are slipping ...

Why have student test scores been declining for a decade in America? It’s hardly breaking news that American students are behind academically from where they used to be. But the specifics can get lost ...

American middle and high school students are not performing well on assessments, indicating that fewer of them are learning even as much as their peers were just a handful of years ago. Being fair, ...

California’s K-12 students are emerging from the pandemic malaise, posting the most significant academic improvements in years, according to state test scores released Wednesday. The Smarter Balanced ...