Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The U.S. education system's decades-long focus on standards, ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...

In a world filled with the products of scientific inquiry, scientific literacy has become a necessity for everyone. Everyone needs to use scientific information to make choices that arise every day.

Spread the love“`html In the realm of education, the conversation surrounding grading systems is increasingly shifting towards a more nuanced understanding of student performance. One of the most ...

In the United States, education is primarily under the purview of the states. Although the federal government has taken a larger role since the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 and the ...

The Swedish Minister of Education's announcement about rolling back the nation's digitization strategy caught international attention. Not because of the ministry’s U-turn (U-turns are the DNA of ...

This article draws on the Institute's True South Africa Evidence Series, Data. Context. Perspective., and in particular its ...

New state health education standards include gender identity and expression objectives as part of guidelines for sex education in Michigan public schools. State education officials said the updated ...

The National Science Education Standards are designed to guide our nation toward a scientifically literate society. Founded in exemplary practice and research, the Standards describe a vision of the ...