By Allie Grasgreen. The Common Core standards are supposed to get students ready for college.
But colleges don’t seem ready for them.
Five years after states across the nation began to adopt the Common Core, colleges have done little to align their admissions criteria, curricula or educational policies with the new standards. More...

By Megan Smith and Jeff Zients. Yesterday, speaking to nearly 2,000 local leaders at the National League of Cities annual meeting, President Obama announced his TechHire initiative, a new campaign to work with communities to get more Americans rapidly trained for well-paying technology jobs. More...

By Allesandra Lanza. The federal government is facing tough budgetary choices on how to fund loan forgiveness programs.
The release of President Barack Obama’s budget last month sparked growing concerns that student loan forgiveness – specifically for graduate school student debt – will cost taxpayers much more than originally estimated. More...

By Arne Duncan. The single most important investment anyone can make in their future is to pursue higher education. But the one thing I often hear from families is that they are worried about the cost. Too many students are graduating from college feeling burdened by their student loan debt. The Obama Administration has – and will continue to – make college more affordable through increased Pell Grants and education tax credits, while improving transparency so that students and families have the information they need to select schools that provide the best value. More...

By Carol McDonald. Four public institutions of higher education in Central Massachusetts are collaborating to guarantee qualifying students four years of post-secondary schooling for $30,000. The arrangement begins this fall and involves Fitchburg State University, Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) in Worcester, and Worcester State University. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) today announced a partnership with the primary systems of education in California, University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community Colleges (CCC), to advance the field of open and free education. The collaboration between the three systems of education is a growing illustration of the power of open education. More...