Hey Students, Applying For College Aid Is Easier! (But Still Hard)
Washington overhauled the FAFSA to make it easier to complete, but it's still full of roadblocks for many teens.
Education
To Get A College Scholarship: Forget The Field, Hit The Books
Think playing on sports' travel team will help your kids get a college scholarship? Think again. Commentator John U. Bacon advises that they hit the books instead.
Tougher Times For Latino Students? History Says They've Never Had It Easy
Despite a lot of rhetoric, decades have passed — and administrations have come and gone — with little progress in educating language-minority students.
On The Lesson Plan: Make Stuff. Fail. Learn While You're At It
A leader of the maker movement talks about how building stuff can help students, teachers, schools and parents be more creative.
'Invisible' Children: Raised In The U.S., Now Struggling In Mexico
A growing number of U.S.-born children are returning to Mexico with their parents and struggling in school because they don't read or write in Spanish. Reseachers say the problem is growing.
Teaching In The Age Of Trump
This week, for many schools and teachers, their lesson plans went out the window and a new one appeared: How to teach about, and what to say to students, following the historic election.
Can A President Trump Get Rid Of Common Core?
Candidate Donald Trump made clear he hates the standards. But what can a President Trump do about it?
Sixth Graders Need To Talk Out Trump's White House Win
Sixth graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in North Berkeley, Calif., react to President-elect Donald Trump's victory. Their school was a polling station on Tuesday.
Here's What Students Are Saying About The Election Results
Reaction to Donald Trump's victory was emotional at SciTech High in Harrisburg, Pa.
Still Haven't Made Up Your Mind? Here's What The Candidates Say About Education
The election countdown is on — so we've rounded up the education talking points of each candidate in case you have last-minute questions.