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There's no question that people have mixed motives when they send out their cards. No doubt they want to put the best face on their own lives, offering an annual report marked more by pride, perhaps, than honesty. Christmas cards may be self-serving and smug, but they're also well-meant attempts to connect.

For more than a year, NPR's Michele Norris has run the Race Card Project, in which she asks people to express their thoughts on race in six words or fewer. Many have written to her with thoughts on the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, which prompted a nationwide movement calling for justice.

The Treasure Valley Education Partnership this week released what it calls a baseline report card. The coalition of schools, businesses and nonprofits…

Nearly four years after the No Child Left Behind Act took effect, the nation's urban school districts are making only slight progress in raising test scores, and no progress in reducing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

NPR's Michele Norris asked people to share thoughts about race and identity in six words. Her series of reports on Morning Edition offered insights on "pride, prejudice and identity," judges say.

BOISE, ID – A new investigative project ranks Idaho 40th out of 50 states for government accountability and openness. The Gem State fails six categories…

When a Texas Republican congressman criticized Eric Holder Tuesday, the attorney general hit him with a dose of snark.

A new investigative project ranks Idaho 40th out of 50 states for government accountability and openness. The Gem State fails six categories outright,…

The Department of Education has released its latest math and reading scores for 12th graders. The scores offer little good news for educators, with results low and largely unchanged since 2009.

New research from Indiana and Louisiana provides clarity in the voucher debate.