As a Bellwether analysis released earlier this month explained, birth rates are down 14% over the past decade, and that already means shrinking enrollment in America’s elementary and middle schools, with declines coming soon in high schools, too. We have too many school buildings for too few students. Some campuses are going to have to close.

A new study shows that the comprehensive and controversial education reform strategies carried out in Denver Public Schools over a decade dramatically improved student learning in math and English. It calls the reforms "among the most effective in U.S. history."

E-cigarette use among young people in the U.S. dropped significantly over the past year, according to a new government study. The hopeful signs come as more schools are installing high-tech vape detectors in bathrooms and locker rooms to curb student use of e-cigarettes.