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Caltech's little engineers that could
Feb 12, 2015
Infants and toddlers learn engineering principles at university child-care center.
Quiz: Living close to the community
Feb 12, 2015
Less than 25 percent of community colleges provide on-campus housing, but the number of schools with dorms is growing.
Quiz: College completion gap widens
Feb 11, 2015
College completion rates for Americans with the highest family incomes have been rising, but the rates for lower families incomes have not changed.
One cost of starting high school later in the morning
Feb 11, 2015
Hitting the snooze button has its problems.
Adding up the costs of new Common Core tests
by
Amy Scott
Feb 11, 2015
The extensive, expensive process of developing tests tied to Common Core standards.
British publisher cashes in on American education
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 10, 2015
Pearson makes money, even without results, off America's obsession with academics.
Quiz: The most popular freshman hobbies
Feb 10, 2015
The percentage of freshmen who reported socializing for than less than 5 hours a week reached an all-time high last year.
For public good, not for profit.
With Common Core testing, you get what you pay for
by
Amy Scott
Feb 9, 2015
A look at economics of testing and new assessments tied to Common Core standards.
Quiz: Where cafeteria food doesn’t come cheap
Feb 6, 2015
K-12 funding shrank between 2011 and 2012, but schools still have mouths to feed.
Quiz: Higher ed in the halls of Congress
Feb 5, 2015
The education industry spent more than $79 million lobbying the federal government last year, according to
OpenSecrets.org.