Lauren Camera Education Reporter

Lauren Camera is an education reporter at U.S. News & World Report. She’s covered education policy and politics for nearly a decade and has written for Education Week, The Hechinger Report, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She was a 2013 Spencer Education Fellow at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, where she conducted a reporting project about the impact of the Obama administration’s competitive education grant, Race to the Top.

School Districts Not Tracking College Completion

July 14, 2016

Few school districts focus on which colleges and universities post high graduation rates for their students.


House Passes Series of Higher Education Bills

July 12, 2016

Lawmakers passed five bipartisan bills Monday aimed at improving upon the dated Higher Education Act.

Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown Indicted in Alleged Fraud Scheme

July 8, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown allegedly solicited donations for an education charity, but used the organization as a slush fund.

University of Texas Professors Sue to Block Campus Carry Law

July 8, 2016

The Texas campus carry law is slated to go into effect Aug. 1.

Early Education is a Disaster in U.S., Study Finds

July 7, 2016

Policies in all 50 states fall short of addressing the issues.

Funding for Prisons Increased at Triple the Rate for Education

July 7, 2016

7 states increased prison funding five times as fast.

Hillary Clinton Pitches Tuition-Free College

July 6, 2016

In taking a page from Bernie Sanders, the presumed Democratic nominee hopes to woo his supporters.

Education Department Continues to Prod States to Rethink Testing

July 6, 2016

Proposed regulations for the new federal education law would allow some states to experiment with exams.

In Pitch to Teachers Unions, Clinton Distances Herself from Obama

July 6, 2016

“The Education Department doesn’t always get it right,” Clinton said.

Schools Can't Accurately Measure Poor Students

June 30, 2016

The metric used to count the number of poor students enrolled in a school is broken.

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