A Civil Rights Data Collection report found that Black students are overrepresented in special education programs and disciplinary actions, comprising 33 percent of school-related arrests and 20 ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Lynette Duncan ...

It is often said that anything you can say about India, the opposite is equally valid. In recent years, data-driven decision-making has become a buzzword in policymaking circles across sectors in the ...

A view of the entrance of Department of Education headquarters on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The Department of Education under the Trump administration won ...

Tech giant Google is unlawfully collecting and selling data on K-12 students' web activities, a pair of California families allege in a federal lawsuit filed this week. North Carolina public schools ...

The Trump administration is laying out plans to stop collecting certain information from states about students with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Education wants to end data collection on ...

Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of education data, putting efforts to improve schools at risk, a coalition of ...

The Trump administration has fired nearly everyone who worked at the federal statistics agency that would collect the data the government is seeking. By Sarah Mervosh President Trump’s new requirement ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2025 — Eleven leading education research organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Education to take immediate action to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. President Donald ...

Given reporting delays from the South Carolina Department of Education, the state Senate's Education Oversight Committee will ...

The Trump administration wants the Education Department to collect more college admissions data, even as it slashes the very staff that ensures the statistics are credible and accurate. From early ...