Shifting demographics will transform our schools. Here's what we need to know about trends related to race, age, wealth, and mobility.

Our schools mirror many postmodern realities—the changing role of families, the technology revolution, and a new lifestyle characterized by speed and busyness.

The teaching profession is building a system of quality assurance for new and experienced practitioners.

Growing by leaps, comprehensive school reform models promise to provide educationally valid ways to scale up reform.

Schools can deter the spiraling number of hate crimes by curtailing derogatory language at school.

The implications of student diversity include changes in curriculum, instructional strategies, school climate, and teacher education.

In 30 years, middle schools have weathered adolescence but are encountering new challenges.

Who will define "well-educated citizen" in the face of growing student diversity and a move toward standardization?

In the spirit of business leaders who transformed their failing companies, school leaders need to acknowledge their problems and admit that greater school choice and national standards are solutions.

Technology trend watchers believe that the 21st century will see a seamless, convenient, robust, and reliable technology support structure for learners.

In the midst of change, a savvy principal remembers the constants.

With the help of sophisticated technology, the Antarctic project connected learning in science, math, and geography.

Consuming facts cannot be the sole objective of education. Our students need to become strategic readers.