The Education Nation Experience was a public exhibition designed to inform and engage visitors on the current state of education in America, including our global competitiveness in K-12 education, post-secondary education, and workforce readiness.Read More

Empowered by the parent trigger law, parents in the Los Angeles area are beginning to form groups modeled on unions. More

The Job One Panel in L.A. brought together L.A. schools Superintendent John Deasy and business leaders Byron Auguste, Eli Broad, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Michael Milken and Linda Resnick. More

At the Job One Panel, business executives and civic leaders discussed the importance of educating America’s students to compete in the global economy. More

Los Angeles Unified School District's Public School Choice program allows nonprofit groups, charter operators and teachers to submit turn-around proposals and then compete to run some public schools themselves. More

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a forum on Tuesday with teachers, parents, school leaders, and community members to focus on the importance of parent engagement with their kids in school. More

Los Angeles Unified School District's new superintendent writes about the importance of resilience in the face of staggering budget cuts. More

Students in Riverside, California are learning algebra on iPads, and the school says that their grades are improving dramatically. More

Bilingual Education: Getting Results at El Sol Academy More

Early Identification and Intervention Key to Middle School Success More

On May 13, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa helped cut the ribbon at the Education Nation Experience at Exposition Park. More

Six thousand elementary school teachers in LA Unified School District were evaluated and the data was published in the Los Angeles Times, causing an uproar among teachers and a boycott of the paper. More

On Sunday, May 15, NBC News held a Teacher Town Hall for Los Angeles educators to brainstorm ideas, talk about what works in the classroom, and highlight the challenges of today’s education system. More

On Sunday, May 15th, NBC News brought together educators from across Los Angeles to talk about key issues facing schools, including the effect of budget cuts, how to evaluate teachers, solutions that are working for schools, and the importance of parent involvement. More

The Education Nation team is gearing up to hit the road! We’re heading to Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia to host local versions of the national Education Nation Summit, which was inaugurated last fall and will be held again this September. More

Parents and teachers at Walter Reed Middle School in Los Angeles sing the praises of their award-winning program, which now faces an uncertain future as its two directors were issued pink slips. The program is one of the latest victims of California's ongoing education cuts. More