Education is very important in life; no wonder it is at the moment considered a basic need.

This sparked a debate in higher-education policy circles about whether transparency is enough to hold colleges accountable for student outcomes, or whether regulators also need to impose penalties ...

CHEYENNE – A bill pushing for instructional material transparency died Monday in the House Education Committee after educators testified it would be a burden.

This is the path toward the end of real transparency and accountability in public education. Everyone agrees that public schools must be held accountable for results.

Martha J. Kanter, the department’s No. 2 official, said accreditors were too secretive and used outmoded standards to assess colleges and universities.

Eleanor M. Perfetto, PhD, MS, senior vice president of Strategic Initiatives for the National Health Council, discusses potential strategies for increasing transparency in value assessment and ...

While there are opportunities to enhance transparency, it is important to place clear restrictions on what federal regulators can use such data for, to make sure these efforts are designed to ...

As mayoral control of city schools comes up for Albany renewal again this year, one concern being raised by a variety of analysts is how and where the New York City Department of Education spends its ...