Sanya Mansoor

School committee meetings in Boston sometimes run longer than six hours. The board has improved transparency over the years.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Kelly Williams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.

Citizens will vote on whether to impose a tax on distributors of sweetened beverages to fund a new pre-K initiative.

Last month, the U.S. House overturned several guidelines included in former President Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act.

Kansas lawmakers may be considering a 2 percent cut to the state’s education budget, despite a recent state Supreme Court ruling that ordered they fix funding shortfalls for public schools.

A school district in Washington has started to send letters to families of chronically absent students to improve attendance.

Activist teachers in New Orleans have improved academic outcomes for students at the state’s juvenile detention center.