Education

High school graduation rates in the U.S. have reached 80 percent. What was done to raise the rate, and how valuable is the degree that more teenagers are getting?

Online course pioneer hires former Yale University president as CEO.

Textbook publishers hope to avoid extinction.

Colleges can include surprising fees on prepaid and debit cards.

The federal government is shelling out more than $2 billion so more public school students can get online. But it's costly to add Wi-Fi.

New York teachers have come out swinging against the Common Core. What's next for the controversial curriculum standards?

One knock on charter schools is the lack of diversity — filled with either all minority and low-income students, or mostly affluent students. Some charter schools see a benefit to pulling students from both sides of the tracks.

President and First Lady Obama met with more than a hundred college and university presidents and leaders from business and nonprofits to talk about helping low-income students finish college. One solution starts well before college, with high school guidance counselors.

More than 100 college presidents will meet with President Obama to discuss ways to help low-income minority students graduate.

Forget cinder block walls and communal bathrooms, today's student housing features granite countertops, high-end mattresses, and high-tech laundry.