Mr. Elorza leads Democrats for Education Reform. America is in a decade-long education depression. Barely a third of students are proficient in reading or math across most grades in recent testing, ...

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More than 100,000 families have submitted applications for Texas's new school choice program, according to the office of Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor's office said Monday the number of applicants ...

Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is officially the Democratic nominee in the November general election for mayor after winning in the final round of ranked-choice voting, the city’s Board of ...

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Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., prompted calls for his resignation from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group after suggesting in a social media post that he'd choose dogs over Muslims. "If they ...