In 1900, almost all American children age 5 to 13 were attending school, but only 10 percent of teens age 14 to 17; High school enrollment rates increased from 10 percent of teens in 1900 to 83 ...

More than seven out of 10 U.S. adults give a grade of C or worse to K-12 public schools' efforts to prepare students "to be ...

If history is "philosophy teaching by experience," a history of education-the growths, and strivings, and vicissitudes of the human mind-should be a most interesting book.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new grant initiative to encourage patriotism as America’s 250th anniversary ...

President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.

Education didn't always come easy to the children at South Shore. It's not that they didn't have the smarts, they just didn't have the schools.From 1896 to 1929, there ...

The Biggest Disruption in the History of American Education For many students, physical school wasn’t replaced with Zoom. Rather, school closures meant no school —literally none at all.

U.S. history is complex: Scholars say this is the right way to teach about slavery, racism. In Texas, Board of Education Chairman Keven Ellis said he and his colleagues are proud that students are ...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon meets with students during a visit to Vertex Partnership Academies in New York City on March 7, 2025. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Education ...