The former secretary of education talks about the “lies” he thinks undergird the U.S.’s school system, and the unintended consequences that can come with attempts to reform it.
The author of Lies My Teacher Told Me discusses how schools’ flawed approach to teaching the country’s past affects its civic health.
The director Bo Burnham discusses his new movie, Eighth Grade, and how kids cobble together their identities, on the internet and off.
Proposals to institute a random-selection process have reemerged in response to a lawsuit alleging that Harvard penalizes Asian American applicants.
A former for-profit lobbyist turned department staffer scheduled meetings to discuss two regulations overseeing these institutions—rules that are now being rolled back.
Whether they delight or disappoint, old books provide touchstones for tracking personal growth.
As part of a transparency effort following ethical controversies, the organization shared its newest grant agreement with The Atlantic.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and others preached civility at a conference for young Republicans. But the teen attendees connected more with Trump-rally-style raucousness.
The decline of Catholic schools is making independent education less accessible to middle- and lower-class students.
Four Stanford engineers started a club for students interested in using their skills for social good. But then came job-recruiting season.
Researchers have found 1,271 gene variants associated with years of formal education. That’s important, but not for the obvious reasons.
A new chancellor is talking a big game about making New York City’s schools more equal—but that’s the easy part.
Higher education alone can't bridge the wealth gap that separates black Americans from their white peers.
The retailer’s new back-to-school discount says a lot about the state of education funding in the United States.
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s latest nominee for the bench, graduated from a Catholic high school. So did four of the current Justices.
The financial constraints of major student loans make it harder for hundreds of thousands of Americans to buy their first homes. But so does a small technicality—one that the Federal Housing Administration could fix.
A federal judge has concluded that the Constitution doesn't require schools to promote students’ literacy.
It’s an abstraction that has obscured the true workings of the country’s education system for decades.
Two pieces of recent news signal a future in which America’s colleges and universities are even whiter than they are today.
Coding schools are offering free classes in exchange for a percentage of future income. But at what cost?