Lynette Duncan didn’t expect to spend 20 hours over the past two weeks digging through a mothballed computer system, trying to retrieve admissions data from 2019. Duncan is the director of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...