Pearson launches free college software

Oct 13, 2011
Textbook publisher shakes up the information management business.

Recovery's no recovery for wages

Oct 10, 2011
Household income keeps falling. Education plays a role.

Dream Act passes in California

Oct 10, 2011
On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California passed the state's Dream Act into law, allowing for undocumented students to receive public funding to attend college.

Top ten list on financial literacy

Oct 7, 2011
Financial literacy matters more than before. Yet it's a safe bet that most young people don't learn much about personal finance at school-...

College on the cheap

Oct 5, 2011
Texas launches a challenge to create a $10,000 college degree.

Occupy Wall Street protesters irked by rising student debt in U.S.

Oct 3, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protestors have a list of complaints, including student loan debt. Why?

Learning money management is just a game

Sep 30, 2011
A game that was used to teach Czech citizens how to manage their own finances after decades of communism may also teach U.S. high school students how to be money smart.

For public good, not for profit.

Seton Hall University announces tuition cut

Sep 29, 2011
The New Jersey college will cut tuition by two-thirds for certain students who qualify with good grades.

Google will tell you who's gay

Sep 29, 2011
Or at least try to. It seems that a lot of people ask Google about whether certain celebrities are gay. "Is John Travolta gay?", "Is Tom Cruise gay...

For education reform, don't blame the teachers

Sep 26, 2011
Education historian and N.Y.U. professor Diane Ravitch explains why she thinks the Obama administration's take on No Child Left Behind and education reform isn't the right path for success.
American students in a classroom in Alaska.
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