As school districts start to plan for the future, they are trying to figure out if costs for things like fuel, paper and cafeteria food are going to continue to go up.

The news has fueled a perception that officials are out to inflate employment figures for a record 8.7 million graduates potentially entering a worsening jobs market.

When it comes to spending on education, what have you learned?

A new plan to make business school affordable will test the waters.

But the people with the really big debt loads are not the ones to worry about.