The political heavyweights that launched Texans for Education Reform last year got a disappointing return on their investment despite the group’s huge lobby effort at the Cap[...]

American education just received another beating. This one came in a December report from the Program for international Student Assessment (PISA). While the United States is the to[...]

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) will propose spending $160 million on new education programs aimed at low-income children and those learning to speak English, a modest move tow[...]

An education advocacy group that became a lobbying powerhouse during the 2013 legislative session with the backing of Texas tort reform heavyweights is now turning its sights to th[...]

After a string of defeats at the Tennessee General Assembly last year, out-of-state education reform groups have reloaded as they look for wins that proved elusive even in a Republ[...]

Gov. Butch Otter is setting high expectations for what he will say about education in his State of the State address Monday. He pledged “aggressive fulfillment” of the [...]

In keeping with the spirit of the season, let me say that education reform advocates have much to be grateful for this year. For the first time in quite a long while, we can see wh[...]

  Nobel Prize winner and professional curmudgeon Mario Vargas Llosa has expressed some (somewhat unsurprisingly) mixed feelings about the state of his home country. The Peruvi[...]

West Virginia education officials said they have made progress on the governor's education priorities but more needs to be done. The priorities outlined by Gov. Earl Ray Tombli[...]

  Education Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng has talked in general terms about his version of "education reform". But one crucial aspect of the reform must necessarily be[...]