Education

Do students take too many tests? Congress to weigh question

By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press

On Wednesday, the Senate's education committee is set to take up the issue of whether federally mandated annual testing should remain a requirement under the No Child Left Behind law.

New report shows majority of U.S. students are low-income

By Corinne Segal

The report measured poverty among students by the number of those that qualified for free and reduced lunch.

With lunch after recess, fruits and veggies consumption increases by 54 percent

By Justin Scuiletti

According to a new study, schools that put recess before lunch saw a 54 percent increase of fruit and vegetable consumption in children.

Struggling small, private college is new challenge for Ex-White House Chief of Staff

By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH

For nearly six years, Andrew Card had a desk just outside the Oval Office. Today, the man who served as chief of staff under President George W. Bush is going back to college, taking the helm as the fifth president…

Students in Pakistan return to school a month after Taliban massacre

By Ariel Min

Students in Pakistan returned to school today for the first time since Taliban militants stormed into classrooms and killed 134 children at Army Public School in Peshawar last month.

Why colleges aggressively recruit applicants just to turn them down

By Laura M. Colarusso, The Hechinger Report

“Recruit to deny” makes schools look more selective, at students’ expense.

Would free tuition boost student success at community colleges?

By PBS News Hour

President Obama’s plan to make the first two years of community college free could help up to 9 million students and add educated employees to the workforce. But it would cost the federal government billions and would have to pass…

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College essays could be early clue for college grades

By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

Admissions essays are thought of by many as less scientific than other parts of the college application process -- a chance to share a personal story, to inject personality into the process, to become more than just a grade-point average…

Obama’s immigration order raises more questions than answers for my students

By Marysol Gomez

I can’t help but be resentful that this may transform into yet another burden for my students to bear -- a burden that they are reluctant to share even with me.

Obama to outline plan for free community college

By Kyla Calvert Mason

President Barack Obama will announce a proposal today to make two years of community college free for eligible students with the goal of making a two-year college degree as universal as a high school diploma.