Providing an accessible, high-quality K-12 education for every student is nothing new for Americans, but our world is changing, and the Populace study indicates that the purpose of an American K-12 ...

The key is to identify the learning behaviors in which students should be engaged. The National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education provides some good examples. The framework ...

Learning about the needs of the world (through place-based learning, social studies, travel, and studying the UN Sustainable Development Goals) invites a purpose beyond self.

In this explainer, Education Week breaks down what standards are, how they have come to occupy such a central place in the U.S. education system, and how they have—and have not—changed ...

Since its inception during the Carter presidency, various administrations have endeavored to disband the U.S. Department of Education. An announcement last week proposing to merge the Department ...

While the purpose of education is to train students to refute bigotry, this skill often transcends the classroom and influences students and young adults in their personal lives too. The ability to ...

The purpose of learning ‘minor’ languages. Opinion by Mina Shah. Oct. 28, 2014, 8:43 p.m. At the present, somewhere around 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world.

John R. Park, a founding father of Utah’s amazing higher education system, once said, “Always remember in your teaching that ...

Higher education has come under attack for its failure to make students job-ready after graduation. (Kenneth C. Zirkel/iStock) As the price of college has skyrocketed and tens of thousands of ...

Providing an accessible, high-quality K-12 education for every student is nothing new for Americans, but our world is changing, and the Populace study indicates that the purpose of an American K-12 ...