“In what other industry can you be average and be paid the same amount of money as somebody that is phenomenal? Before this [performance pay] program, that’s what education felt like for me.” Eric hale via Sara Randazzo The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/us-news/educat… #txed Matthew Holzgrafe

Want to earn $100,000 as a teacher? Go to Texas.

But there's a catch. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

'You can only survive for so long being that cloistered.'

Smart look at what comes next for Harvard from Melissa Korn wsj.com/us-news/educat…

'Cursive feels like the ocean waves. It is like a calm breeze blowing in my hair.'

A decade after many wrote the obituary for the looping script, cursive is making a comeback. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

'I feel like I represent me and not the whole black race in this AP class.'

In this high school, Douglas Belkin and I found a rarity in public K-12 education: classes voluntarily separated by race. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Texas rejected science textbooks this week because of their depiction of climate change and evolution.

McGraw Hill got approved, after it made some edits, including cutting this graphic from a biology book. My story: wsj.com/us-news/educat…

'This fundamental thing has shifted and we can’t quite get it back.'

Kids aren't coming to school regularly, and schools are desperately trying to reverse the trend. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

And here in California, Oakland's school district is in turmoil over statements on the Israel-Hamas war being made by the teachers union and school board members.

Christine Mai-Duc watched a board meeting get shut down over the issue. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Election week showed the power of outside influence on school board elections, with dueling conservative and liberal groups trying to get candidates into seats. wsj.com/us-news/conser…

In Oregon, Matt Barnum reports students no longer need to pass a test to graduate, sparking calls that standards are being watered down.

“Diplomas are not participation trophies!” wsj.com/us-news/educat…

It's been a busy week for WSJ education stories. Out of Texas, Elizabeth Findell takes us deep inside a small town in Texas pushing back on school vouchers.

“The more threats that are made, the more people will dig in.” wsj.com/us-news/educat…

LAUSD is funding 2,000 jobs with federal Covid-relief dollars, but that money runs out next year.

'Today we’re now having to deal with the aftermath of those decisions,' Alberto M. Carvalho told Matt Barnum in this look at the looming deadline. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Does cutting freshman honors classes encourage more students to enroll in advanced courses later in high school?

Recent districts reports from CA and IL suggest the answer is: sometimes. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

When a child transitions genders at school, do parents have a right to know?

States are going in opposite directions on the issue. In California, the AG is fighting in court for student privacy. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

This is a perfectly constructed sentence by
Lindsay Ellis and Alexandra Bruell in this a-hed about the death of 'feedback.'

A Microsoft representative says the software giant decided to change its feedback approach after seeking feedback about it from staff. wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

We could all use a cute sea lion video to send us into the weekend.

When kids go back to school, their teacher may not be in the classroom, or even in the same state -- or country.

Teachers pipe in remotely from as far away as South Africa, the Philippines wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Law firms have spent years trying to make their ranks less white. Now, some of those efforts are being challenged by Ed Blum. wsj.com/us-news/edward…

A months-long The Wall Street Journal investigation found big state universities have been on an unfettered spending spree -- and students are footing the bill. wsj.com/articles/state…

The latest trend among wealthy private school families: the educational therapist.

Part psychologist, part teacher, and $250 an hour. wsj.com/articles/when-…