Many school districts don’t have the money for equipment or training to implement the new dietary guidelines for the national school lunch...
The overall federal student loan default rate rose 25 percent in 2009 – from 7.7 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent –...
Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University Creating national legislation to implement in-state tuition for non-citizens can have a positive effect on...
Attaining President Barack Obama’s goal of having the highest percentage of college graduates in the world by 2020 can only be attained...
It’s so depressing: Last week brought yet another outrageous tale of zero tolerance gone wild – this time from Maryland, where a...
A bipartisan bill introduced last week would mean AmeriCorps alumni would not have to pay taxes on the educational awards they earn...
Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...
A report released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at a program on the need for innovation in higher education examines several...
Even as Democrats introduced various bills to shore up persistently low-performing schools and to provide funds to ameliorate tax losses in some...
After Congress decided to give soldiers returning home from World War II the opportunity to pursue a college education, thousands of for-profit...
Carsey Institute On average, the reading levels of third grade students in rural and urban schools are lower than those of suburban...
Leaders of the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Leadership Fund today asked the Obama administration to conduct a “minority...
I have spent much of my career in search of effective evidence-based correctional practices for delinquent youth. Quite bluntly, this search was...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today it is launching a new project focusing on America’s dropout problem in 20 cities where...
The nation’s largest business federation intends to have a say in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and...
Low income students who are not proficient in reading by the third grade have a much lower chance of graduating high school,...
The Project on Student Debt Federal student loans provide the most affordable and safest option for students, however, many community colleges to...
For-profit colleges and their allies in the battle against greater regulation by the U.S. Department of Education spent more than $4.5 million...
It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms in the United States will lead to lasting improvements...
A report released today by the National Council of La Raza urges organizations to partner with one another to find ways to...