Leicester, England – While a movement to help youths earn various forms of credentials is growing in the United States, a similar...
The youth asleep on the park bench attracted Cop Lieu’s attention. Lieu, 22, a supervisor at the Work Group in Pennsauken, N.J.,...
The General Educational Development test – commonly known as the GED – is getting new attention from education reformers who have found...
The Burden of Academic SuccessBy Allison L. HurstLexington Books Whenever a low-income student manages to earn a college degree, it is routinely...
In the “good research is a footnote to common sense” department, a new Harvard University study has found that positive developmental experiences...
A sex abuse lawsuit that ended with a nearly $20 million verdict against the Boy Scouts in April appears to have changed...
In a sign of how the college loan business is changing, a nonprofit that guarantees student loans at schools across the country...
“Nationwide, low-income minority students are disproportionately steered toward colleges not where they’re most likely to succeed, but where they’re most likely to...
A new project announced Thursday seeks to boost the number of college degrees awarded in the United States by finding people who...
Teach for America is growing fast, and will grow even more thanks to winning a $50 million federal grant this month. But...
With Congress slashing President Obama’s Promise Neighborhood Initiative, the author of a book about the program on which that initiative is based,...
Teach for America is growing fast, and will grow even more thanks to winning a $50 million federal grant this month. But...
With President Obama’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) generating enormous excitement – 339 applications were filed in June for just 20 grants –...
College loan repayment data released late Friday by the U.S. Department of Education show that some of the largest proprietary colleges face...
The U.S. Department of Education will hire 60 more investigators and increase the number of investigations by 50 percent, partly in response...
Ronald “Looney” Barron, a Los Angeles gang intervention worker killed in February when he interrupted a youth “tagging” a restaurant wall, is...
Some Colleges and Universities Do Better Than Others in Graduating Hispanic Students The Education Trust As the fastest growing minority in America,...
Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post explores what’s good about the for-profit college business model and how it challenges traditional educational institutions. ...
Some of the nation’s most prominent for-profit colleges have announced changes in their recruitment practices in the wake of a scathing congressional...
“It’s all about the talent.” This is the conclusion that Education Secretary Arne Duncan and other education reformers have come to...