Education

Iraqi-born artist, activist, businessman and progressive candidate for mayor Andy Shallal talks about his hopes and plans for Washington.

The California Public Records Act was established 45 years ago, yet citizens still are denied access to public documents from local government agencies.

This week, the union made good on its threat: Faculty members walked out of their offices on Tuesday morning, fanning out into picket lines across campus.

In “Imagine Living in a Socialist USA,” retired education professor William Ayers writes about knowledge as an inherently public good.

The bigger question, and the less obvious problem with Kristof's opinion, is whether more of us would do any good for the world.

Once again, Florida's Stand Your Ground law has helped a man escape conviction for killing an African-American teenager.

“The Congressional anti-boycott bill is a clear violation of the First Amendment.”

Data walls are widely seen as the latest front in a war being fought by educators, parents and students nationwide against “predatory education reform.”

Missouri is calling on high schools to administer a military aptitude test to determine whether students are ready for college or a career. But the program fails to disclose …

Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.