February 28, 2018

A Honolulu police officer stands on the campus of Kapolei Middle School in Hawaii after a lockdown at the school on Feb. 16, days after the shooting in Parkland, Fla. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported someone posted on social media that they planned to "shoot up" the middle school.

School Climate & Safety 'I Worry Every Day': Lockdown Drills Prompt Fear, Self-Reflection After School Shooting

Lockdown drills are ubiquitous in schools these days, but teachers say they’re especially unnerving in the wake of a horrific school shooting such as the one in Parkland, Fla.

Sophomores Lauryn Ivy, left, and Alante Klyce are new to programming. But during an introductory computer science course at Chicago's Lindblom Math & Science Academy, they designed an app to address one of their most pressing challenges: keeping the girls' bathroom clean. The progress in the city’s schools "gives me chills," said Brenda Wilkerson, the former head of the district's computer science initiative.

College & Workforce Readiness From Our Research Center Computer Science for All: Can Schools Pull It Off?

Citing a shortage of tech-savvy workers, lawmakers and business leaders have successfully pushed schools to offer more computer science. Now comes the hard part.

College & Workforce Readiness D.C.'s Scandal and the Nationwide Problem of Fudging Graduation Numbers

The revelations about District of Columbia schools have unleashed a wave of questions about the pressures and incentives built into U.S. high schools, and fueled nagging doubts that states’ rising high school graduation rates—and the country’s all-time-high rate of 84 percent—aren’t what they seem.