How to improve remedial education
Each year, an estimated 1.7 million U.S. college students are steered to remedial classes to catch them up and prepare them for regular coursework. But a growing body…
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Backer of Common Core school curriculum is chosen to lead College Board
David Coleman, an architect of the common core curriculum standards that are being adopted in nearly all 50 states, will become the president of the College Board, starting…
Tighter security for SAT, ACT in wake of cheating
The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the college entrance exams,…
New reports reveal alarming facts about the educational experiences of young men of color
Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead, according to the College Board.
As college fees climb, aid does too
As their state financing dwindled, four-year public universities increased their published tuition and fees almost 8 percent this year, to ... Read more