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Lyndsey Layton

Once bullied, now empowered

Lizzie Velasquez felt the sting of bullying on the first day of kindergarten. “My parents raised me so normally that I had no clue I was different,” said Velasquez, 26, who was bo...

Schools too focused on standardized tests, Americans say

Americans overwhelmingly think there is too much emphasis on standardized testing in public schools and that test scores are not the best way to judge schools, teachers or students, accordin...

Family stress thwarts students

Top teachers rank impediments to classroom success

Kids’ brain sizes linked to income level

Researchers look for roots of achievement gap

Plan aims to place better teachers into poor classrooms

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Monday ordered states to devise plans to get stronger teachers into high-poverty classrooms, correcting a national imbalance in which students who need ...