House and Senate Republicans are preparing legislation in support of charter schools, while Democrats target “college affordability.” Both parties play to their bases as the midterm elections approach.

Dozens of community colleges throughout the country now offer the full four-year degree. This could be the long-awaited birth of a convenient and affordable B.A., or it could be a case of credentialism gone wild.

Two lawsuits in California and North Carolina suggest that teacher tenure reform could be the next big education policy fight.

Transparency and accessibility of quality schools are two of the biggest problems facing higher-ed today. Here’s how we can begin to address them.

Brookings says that Common Core won’t do much to improve education. This isn’t a great start for the controversial program.

A new report on the nation’s laws surrounding charter schools provides a clear map of the current battlegrounds and hot spots in education reform.

Teacher unions are battling against education reform and charter schools, but they’ve shifted so far to the fringe that even flagship liberal media outlets aren’t holding back and are speaking out in favor of fixing our schools.

“Competency-based learning” programs, which allow students to advance based on what they’ve learned rather than their age, are gaining ground at the K–12 level.

The Common Core curriculum seeks to standardize education programs across the country, but New York, an early adopter of the program, is rethinking its support.

Charter schools and school vouchers have dominated most of the education debate over the past decade, but magnet schools are making a comeback as well. As a urban school districts begin to lose students to charter schools, many are looking to magnet schools as a way to compete.