Polo Rocha

With more than 450 positions open, Kansas is scrambling to find willing educators to staff its increasingly resource-strapped public schools for some of the lowest pay in the country.

Online learning has become an integral part of education, yet teachers sometimes don’t see the benefits of learning how to use these options effectively, writes a director at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Daniel R. Taber, an assistant professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health-Austin Regional Campus.

Free-range public playgrounds are emerging as an alternative to structured play dates, allowing school-aged kids a space to play — really play.

Despite vast evidence that early childhood education improves outcomes for students later in life, a recent report from the U.S. Department of Education concluded that there is little evidence to support measurable benefits of one specific early learning initiative: Head Start.

Panorama Education, a data analytics company focused on K-12 education, has just scored $12 million from high-profile investors like Google Ventures and Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education.

Pearson has agreed to pay Minnesota $1 million in fees and provide almost $4.7 million in educational fees after the state’s public education assessments were fraught with technical difficulties earlier this year.

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