Madeline Conway

Data released by the International Baccalaureate, or IB, foundation show that the program of college-level coursework contributes to an increase in graduation rates and in college persistency rates in low-income students.

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. recently stopped by Clifton Early Learner Academy in New Jersey to highlight a new report that outlines a wage gap between preschool and K-12 teachers.

In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, the American Medical Association adopted its first policy statement calling gun violence a health risk and vowed to lobby Congress for restrictions on sales.

Although mass shootings still have the power to shock and horrify, they do not come as a complete surprise anymore, say doctors who have studied people’s emotional reactions.

In a finding that may aid research on the growing threat from the Zika virus, a new study shows that Zika directly infected brain cells and did not prompt much reaction from the immune system.

Today’s college graduates enter a world where people still respect science, but question the authority of the scientific community, Atul Gawande argues in The New Yorker.

Walgreen Co. severed ties to blood-testing firm Theranos as federal regulators prepare to announce possible sanctions stemming from problems with tens of thousands of blood tests.