Education

Many school systems made severe budget cuts and lay offs to stay afloat, but some public school systems are still financial secure, and in some cases, have even more money coming their way.

The Department of Education the winners of the second phase of the "Race to the Top" program, which awards states that make sufficient changes to their education systems with federal funding. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Georgia, New York, Maryland and Ohio are among the winners of the final round of Race to the Top money. They join Tennessee and Delaware in sharing a $4 billion pot of federal education funding. Amy Scott reports.

Mike Lane wanted to make sure his girls learned the value of work and money early on -- so he made them landlords of a treehouse in the backyard. Marketplace's Josh Rogosin pays them a visit.

A new study is giving colleges grades on their general education. And the results may surprise you: Harvard got a D, Yale and Brown flunked. Amy Scott reports.

Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof from CBS Moneywatch.com answer listener questions on how to invest to supplement retirement in the future, how much to help a child out with college costs and how to dig yourself out of college debt.

Even though Congress just approved $26 billion to help save teachers' jobs, it's not enough to fill in a lot of the gaps in severely cut school budgets.

For the first time in the U.S., student loans have overtaken credit card debt. That means Americans owe more to private student lenders and the federal government than they do to their credit card companies. Amy Scott explains why that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The Washington Post Company may suffer from a crackdown by lawmakers. Why? Because Congress wants to limit the growing amount of federal financial aid that's paid out to for-profit colleges. Confused? Bob Moon explains.