The Obama White House put its spotlight on bullying today, hosting a bullying prevention conference, as members of Congress introduced legislation aimed...
A National Youth Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, will bring together hundreds of youths and representatives of youth-related organization...
A Government Accountability Office report on federally funded employment and training programs, more than half of which serve youth, shows the roughly...
Faced with the reality of no federal funding for summer job programs this year, workforce board directors are focusing on strategies to...
The one American college perhaps most synonymous with traditional postsecondary ideals has issued a report championing community colleges over four-year schools in...
Teach for America (TFA), the national corps of recent college graduate K-12 teachers placed in needy areas, will set up a $100...
It’s crunch time for student financial aid assistance centers as thousands of volunteer and paid financial aid experts work with first-generation, low-income...
Amid of flurry of legal actions and ad campaigns seeking elimination or softening/toughening and quick enforcement of the Department of Education’s proposed...
The U.S. Department of Education will release final changes to the so-called gainful employment rule affecting for-profit colleges in the “early part...
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a solicitation for two-year colleges interested in funding from an overall pot of $2 billion to...
School district spending has no clear relationship to student achievement in more than half the country, according to a new study from...
With 2009 federal Recovery Act funding for summer jobs used up and no word yet on whether some states might be able...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued proposed nutritional guidelines under the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that will require...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued proposed nutritional guidelines under the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that will require...
What Are Business Leaders Saying about Workforce Readiness? Corporate Voices for Working Families The vast majority of America’s business leaders believe investing...
Unlikely Allies: Unions and Districts in the Battle for School Reform Education Sector Faced with the task of turning around failing schools...
If hospital emergency room visits are any indication, prescription drugs are replacing illicit drugs as America’s preferred vice. A new government report...
With youth unemployment still near record highs, unemployed teens and young adults appear to be reacting to their situation much as their...
The children don’t show up until after 2 p.m. but Lance Smith, after-school coordinator for residents at the Hubbard Place Apartments in...
Everyone seems to agree there are too many dropouts in the United States. But when it comes to counting them, the estimates...