When the response to shootings in affluent schools is to turn schools into prisons, poor districts suffer—and violence doesn’t end.

Subpar schools are everyone’s problem. Pedro Noguera outlines the solutions that must be embraced within government, teachers’ unions, and the home.

Why the President and his Education Secretary may be compounding the flaws of No Child Left Behind with new mistakes.

When students are flunking in high numbers, teachers and administrators must take three crucial steps.

Yes, combating the high dropout rate in minority communities requires more school funding. But funding alone isn’t enough.

The sociologist’s commitment to understanding and improving schools "comes right out of [his] own experience" as an underserved student.

A conversation with the Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University.

Concerns about GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s diabetes drug’s links to heart attacks have been reignited after a Senate report urged the Food and Drug Administration to make changes.

The Democrats are pulling out all the stops to entice independent voters by deploying volunteers from the Obama campaign arm known as “Organizing for America”.

A diverse range of corals harboring unusual symbiotic algae in the warm Indian Ocean suggests resilience to future global warming, Penn State researchers have found.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for sweeping changes in the way food is designed and labelled to minimise children’s chances of choking after recent deaths.

The mass prescription of anti-retroviral drugs means that the global AIDS epidemic could be controlled and the disease eradicated within the next 40 years, according to predictions.

A palm-sized device inspired by a tiny purple beetle that feeds on palm leaves could one day enable humans to walk up walls in manner similar to comic book hero Spiderman.

A younger ex-con who married a wealthy octogenarian widow, in what prosecutors allege was part of a massive swindle, has drawn attention to the vulnerability of senior citizens.

The discovery of an ancient hobbit-like species is rewriting the history of the human race, with scientists believing it was the little apemen, not Homo erectus, who first left Africa.

Sudan’s government has denied reports of a secret deal with the Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) which paved the way for a preliminary peace accord signed this week.

Just 24-hours after Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai warned western forces to minimise civilian casualties, a Nato air strike has killed 21 civilians including women and children.

I made a quick trip back to Orangeburg, S.C. this weekend to see my mother, whom I’ve dubbed "the Bionic Woman" because she is recuperating from her second hip replacement […]

The search among urbanites for that ideal “authentic” neighborhood, rife with rustic brownstones, a diverse, culturally robust population, artisans, galleries, vendors, mom-and-pop shops, and familiar pubs pulsating with local music, […]

Hold the front page! Hold all the front pages (well, here in Britain at least). Last week Prime Minister Gordon Brown was persuaded, against his better judgement, to reveal his […]