Most Americans think online courses should be cheaper than in-person college classes, but most online programs cost the same ...

This week’s mass layoffs by his secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees delivered a crippling blow to the agency’s ability to tell the public how ...

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Federal layoffs that included workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau short-circuited work to help student loan ...

Some educators, parents and students say Covid stunted their education and careers, while others were derailed temporarily but found new careers or a sense of purpose.

Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would ...

A child care owner closes her business and starts a new career. A mom copes with her daughter’s stunted education. A teacher learns to love the profession after a miserable first year ...

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission — to collect data on the state of education — affects every public school in the country. Now, this ...

Roughly five years have passed since schools shut down and turned to remote learning in the United States — but the pandemic’s toll on education lingers. Students are still behind where they would ...

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President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report. Photos via Getty Images. The Hechinger Report is a national ...

At first, it was supposed to last just a few weeks. Mayors and superintendents around the country announced schools would shut temporarily to halt the spread of a deadly virus that had officially been ...