A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat: Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week

When you’re looking for research on four-day school weeks or how to teach fractions, or trying to locate an historical document, such as the landmark Coleman Report of 1966, you might begin with Google. But the reason that high-quality research results pop up from your Google search is because something called ERIC exists behind the scenes.