Educators Mourn Oslo Tragedy

Less than a day after a deadly attack on a youth camp and government buildings in Oslo, delegates to the Education International World Congress expressed “deep sympathy and solidarity with the people of Norway, with the families of the victims and with all those affected by the these terrible events.” NEA President Dennis Van Roekel [...]

The Economics Behind International Education Rankings

By Cynthia McCabe This week’s release of international education rankings placing U.S. students in the middle of the pack for reading and science and below average in math contained few surprises. But what might have been overlooked in the horse race coverage of how the students stacked up is an economic link that further supports [...]