Christine Ayala

Most people know that soda is loaded with calories but provides no nutritional benefit. Now researchers have found that soft drinks can also be linked to tooth decay and bone thinning.

Hospitals in states that did not expand Medicaid have not been hit with the financial burden expected in 2014, despite less funding under the Affordable Care Act, according to our content partner Kaiser Health News.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Rain.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Cameron Turner, the team leader for Agricultural Water Conservation Programs at the Texas Water Development Board.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Our Kids.

Not all academic papers garner public attention, but the American Educational Research Association has highlighted the ones that made waves, with the 10 most-read articles from 2014.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, associate professor of bilingual education and diversity studies at Texas Tech University.

Blended learning, the concurrent application of technology and teacher expertise in a classroom, is catching on in a few states.

Efforts to update No Child Left Behind have ground to a halt in the U.S. House of Representatives. Few lawmakers were willing to get behind a bill — renamed the Student Success Act — fraught with deregulation and defunding.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and schools superintendent Glenda Ritz have sparked a firestorm after last-minute plans to implement a 12-hour state test to third- through eighth-grade students went public.