Nadia Tamez-Robledo

In the two decades that Jennifer Merriman has been in education, she’s seen a tendency in the field to solve problems by piling more tasks onto teachers who are already straining under the weight of their workloads.

With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they are also sitting on veritable information gold mines for researchers who are trying to improve education.

Federal data shows that English learners have struggled to reach even basic mastery of reading and math for more than 20 years. Why hasn’t anything changed?

What do parents want from schools when it comes to support for their children’s mental health?

It’s no secret that high school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically, and a large part of their hesitation comes from worry about taking on thousands of dollars in student loans.

New federal data on youth mental health offers a few silver linings, but experts caution these signs of progress don’t mean U.S. students are out of the storm.

That’s how some experts say the current national conversation about youth mental health is framed — and counter to its goal, that lens is hurting the ability to find solutions that help adolescents better weather mental health struggles.

One of Shane Woods’ favorite memories as executive director of Girlstart, a nonprofit that aims to empower girls in the sciences, was as a participant taking her own goddaughter to the organization’s back-to-school extravaganza.

New federal data shows that schools had a slightly easier time finding fully certified teachers to hire in the fall. Read Full Article »

What difference did $190 billion make for student success coming out of the COVID-19 health crisis?