Education

Researchers analyzed three myths that often put rural education at a disadvantage. (Getty Images photo via The Conversation) A lack of atten…

More than 500 childcare spaces were in areas affected by the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires, according to L.A. County figures.

Media stories and union-led opposition campaigns often lump all school choice programs into one category called vouchers. However, there are several different types of programs that are quite distinct. Vouchers, such as the previously mentioned Milwaukee program, use state tax dollars and can only be used for private school tuition.
Tax credit scholarships are funded with donations from businesses or individuals who receive a credit on their state taxes in return for their donations. Education savings accounts (ESAs) are funded with tax dollars, but they can be used for a wide variety of educational expenses, not just tuition. Tax credit ESAs are funded like tax credit scholarships, but they function like ESAs in terms of what expenses they can fund. Individual tax credits or deductions give parents a credit or deduction on their individual state tax returns based on their education-related spending.

Kids lose so much when a disaster strikes. Too many have lost family members to the wildfires that have raged across Los Angeles in recent days. They’ve lost homes. They’ve lost the sense of…

Immigration reform appears to be near (or at) the top of the Trump administration’s policy agenda. Our Brookings colleagues, Tara Watson and Jonathon Zars, recently laid out the paths the incoming administration…

One of the biggest challenges schools across the United States face at the start of 2025 is the persistently high levels of student chronic absenteeism. Having skyrocketed during the COVID-19…

Having pledged to get rid of the U.S. Department of Education and get “woke” out of public schools, Donald Trump is returning to office. The coming year could start to…

Montana State University Billings is pleased to announce the launch of the Empowering Indigenous Educators Scholarship, a new initiative made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor. These scholarships…

A multibillionaire Latino businessman who graduated from a major university in California is tapped for a contribution by his alma mater every year. “He’s very brown, very Mexican-looking, and owns…

A new white paper from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy explores higher education fundraising and philanthropy in sub-Saharan Africa. Philanthropy in Africa has a long, rich and…

Art and medicine are a powerful combination in the pursuit of health equity. Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and Michael C. Carlos Museum recently hosted events as part of Healing Arts Atlanta,a multi-day…

Briana Stephenson, assistant professor of biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, develops biostatistical models to better understand population health disparities. In this Q&A, she shares what motivates her work…