Don't ever go on CNBC to debate Bob Compton, one of America's most energetic prophets of doom, without careful preparation and a willingness to be rude...
An economist from the Hoover Institution, Eric A. Hanushek, estimates that the U.S. economy would grow 4.5% more in the next 20 years if our students’ math and science skills were as good as the rest of the world's...
The judicial decisions of Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy often lack decisiveness; his writings tend to produce more questions than they answer...
Edison Schools Inc., which has long attracted controversy in managing public schools, has changed its name to EdisonLearning and bought a California-based software company that will help it compete in the fast-growing online-learning market...