Education is often thought of as an equalizer, as a way to allow anyone who works hard to pursue their aspirations. However, ...

Education research needs to respond to the current needs of teachers and students. An elementary school principal holds a meeting with teachers at a public charter school in New Orleans, May 2015 ...

Experts concur that American educational research is deficient. In the early 1960s, the role of the federal government in education began its steady, if unspectacular, rise in size and importance ...

The exponential growth of data in the information age has not necessarily coincided with more effective education technology.

During its annual conference this month, the American Educational Research Association leadership was so busy issuing proclamations on “transphobia” that it seemed to have little time for such ...

The Trump Administration fired all 13 Biden-appointed members of a key federal education research board last month, a move that drew sharp rebuke from former members amid the Admi ...

That’s a remarkable statistic, considering that conservative estimates place the number of educational researchers at 50,000 in the U.S. and 100,000 worldwide, according to the American Educational ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education moved to terminate nearly $1 billion in research contracts on Monday, a decision critics said depleted the government of vital data sources on ...

Joan Mclaughlin, commissioner of the National Center on Special Education Research, has witnessed many changes and worked through some difficult times in her 13 years with the Education Department ...

Educational research is central to answering all of these questions. It develops the evidence base for policy‑makers, practitioners and administrative staff to improve the education system based on ...