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 ...

Oklahoma legislators and educators must chose transparency over fake improvement of achievement and pick students over political spin.

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 ...

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, ...

If you’re about to get onto the road to law school, you should already know that your LSAT score range is a big deal. Here’s something you might not know: The LSAT is one of the most statistically ...

This article first appeared in EdSource. Five years after the COVID pandemic closed schools and pushed students into a year of distance learning, California test scores show that — despite increases — ...

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.

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. When students walk into Gina Gray’s ...