Center for American Progress Recognizing the disproportionate number of homeless youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, the Center for...
MDRC This report confirms that New York City’s small schools, introduced in 2002 after several underperforming public high schools were shut down,...
National Bureau of Economic Research Results of a recent unprecedented experiment found that Hispanic students, male students and lower-achieving students benefit...
More than 300 organizations are vying for 20 planning grants worth $500,000 each through the Obama Administration’s Promise Neighborhood initiative, data released...
The most sweeping reform of U.S. laws concerning child labor in three decades will go into effect on July 19. The new...
With the yet another congressional recess approaching, Congress missed another chance Thursday night to approve $1 billion in federal summer jobs program...
Students attempting to take advantage of the community college systems across the country are quickly finding that “open access” isn’t as open...
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees to fill seven of the eight vacant positions on the Corporation for National and...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee waded into the growing controversy over just what kind of education students receive at...
Reflecting what could become a national trend, four-year universities in Virginia and Maryland are taking various measures make it easier for community...
An ex-convict turned social activist was murdered June 9, according to an article in The Washington Post. David Lewis, 54, started a...
Washington – With $100 billion in federal student loans and grants at stake, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
The U.S. Department of Education is proposing new rules to oversee the growing field of for-profit higher education, but it kicked the...
More than 63 million American volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population, and...
The vast majority of American jobs in the next few years will require some type of post-secondary training or degree, meaning that...
The Washington Post examines Congress and the Obama administration’s reaction to the rise in popularity of for-profit colleges. According to the Post,...
While as much as $1 billion in funding for a national summer youth employment program continues to languish in Congress, a growing...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A recent study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics confirmed that not...
Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual-raised counterparts in some areas, according...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the end...