Schooling

Getting into college is tough, but getting into one of the most selective universities on Earth? Not even a perfect GPA guarantees you an admissions letter.

By Lena Thaywick

Some tests check if you did your homework. The hardest test in the world checks if you can rewrite the rules. These exams are brutal, long, and designed to filter only the most prepared minds.

By Lena Thaywick

Liberal colleges often stand out for their focus on diversity, social justice and inclusive education. These schools attract some of the most liberal students in the country and offer academic environments shaped by progressive values.

By Lena Thaywick

The states with the best public schools don't just have bragging rights. A strong public school system can shape a child's future and even boost property values.

By Lena Thaywick

Education levels vary widely across the U.S., and some states consistently fall behind in both school quality and degree attainment.

By Lena Thaywick

What do Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? All of them graduated from HBCUs, or historically Black colleges and universities. These institutions play a major role in U.S. higher education, especially for Black Americans.

By Lena Thaywick

Some college majors demand late nights, complex equations and lab reports that never end. Others? Not so much.

By Lena Thaywick

Some college majors are years of all-nighters in disguise. The hardest college majors often demand a cocktail of grit, gray matter, and an unshakable love for complexity. Whether you're wrangling multivariable calculus or spending entire weekends on lab reports, these fields are not for the faint of heart.

By Lena Thaywick

Ivy League universities might conjure images of ivy-covered walls, tweed jackets, and old-money prestige. But there's more to these schools than tradition and architecture.

By Lena Thaywick

We're not talking about clickbait here. The youngest teacher in America is a real young woman named Shania Muhammad, and she became the youngest full-time teacher in the United States in 2024.

By Lena Thaywick

Some kids go from finger painting to finals faster than most people can say "graduation."

By Lena Thaywick

We use subordinating conjunctions all the time, often without even knowing what they are. But how exactly do they work?

By Sascha Bos

We use subordinating conjunctions all the time, often without even knowing what they are. But how exactly do they work?

By Sascha Bos

In the United States, there's Harvard University. In the U.K., there's Oxford University. Each is the oldest in its respective country, though neither has been around quite as long as the oldest university in the world.

By Sascha Bos

A pilot program in the Atlanta Public School system is teaching students de-escalation strategies during one of the city's worst crimewaves in decades. Will it work?

By Dave Roos

Science education methods are changing as a result of the Next Generation Science Standards, which aim to define a uniform vision for K-12 science education across the U.S.

By Meenakshi Sharma

Critical race theory (CRT) is a hot button issue in the United States. School boards and state legislatures in seven states have passed regulations banning it from being taught in the classroom. How did we get here and why is everyone freaking out?

By Carrie Whitney, Ph.D.

The world's most beloved chalk was pulled back from the brink of extinction, to the relief of the world's mathematicians and chalk enthusiasts.

By Jesslyn Shields

The decision about whether to attend a college or a university is largely a matter of preference, but how do you know which is the better choice for you?

By Laurie L. Dove

The very first honorary degree on record was a brazen attempt to score points with a wealthy and politically connected bishop in 1478. Not much has changed since then.

By Dave Roos

In a study on academic integrity, 59 percent of high school students admitted cheating on an exam, and 34 percent admitted to doing it more than twice.

By Carrie Whitney, Ph.D.

It used to be common for kids to walk to school by themselves but not any more. A study found several benefits when children walked unaccompanied.

By Alia Hoyt

Secretive Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen is the leader of a politically powerful Turkish religious movement - and head of the largest chain of charter schools in America.

By Diana Brown

Do public school dress codes and uniforms have any real value or are they sexist and arbitrary?

By Alia Hoyt

Experts advocate teens start school slightly later in the morning, but not all parents give the idea a passing grade.

By Laurie L. Dove