Kappan Contributor: Alexander Russo

The controversy over a recent WBEZ Chicago/Daily Herald package of stories about poverty and schools centers on whether the series gave enough attention to the relative success of Chicago schools (pink dots above the slanted...

As you may have seen, Humans of New York’s latest viral portrait is of a young boy (above) who’s quoted saying “I’m homosexual and I’m afraid about what my future will be and that people won’t...

Today’s news roundup includes stories about the possible revamp of federal education law — for better or worse — and the first few states releasing the results of their Common Core tests. Meanwhile, the...

Happy Fourth of July Weekend to everyone! I’m away Friday through Monday but will be back Tuesday morning with all the great news, commentary, and analysis that you need.

Education loses veteran journalists all the time — WSJ’s Stephanie Banchero, Politico’s Stephanie Simon, EdWeek’s Michelle McNeil come to mind as recent examples — but their departures sometimes...

The photo accompanying the AP story about troubled postsecondary institutions (Why the government let many trade schools become diploma mills) is now a ho-hum image of the USDE building in Washington DC. But the original image...