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A new report card prepared by the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that state teacher pension systems had a total of $499 billion in unfunded liabilities in 2014.
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Across the nation, 51% of of public school children were low income students. In some parts of the South, that number exceeds 60%.
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The United States has lost ground among developed nations in promoting quality education for its students. To counter this troubling trend, the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National...
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For the first time since being introduced, Chromebooks outsold iPads in U.S. classrooms during the third quarter of 2014.
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thinkstock.comThe pursuit of higher education is more common in America today than in previous generations. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, roughly 41% of Americans aged 18...
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ThinkstockCredit Suisse is adding student lenders to its back to school shopping list. Currently it is reiterating Outperform ratings and price targets for Navient Corp. (NASDAQ: NAVI), Nelnet Inc....
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The proportion of Americans with a college degree has increased steadily each year for more than a decade. According to the latest U.S. Census data, 29.6% of Americans at least 25 years old had at...
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ThinkstockRankings of colleges and universities have become an important resource for prospective students and their parents, offering a convenient way to make some basic comparisons of...
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been rated as the top university in the world by the QS University World University Ranking 2014/2015.
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thinkstock.comMore people access higher education today than ever before. One in three adults in developed countries held a college degree in 2012, a substantial increase from 2000 when just over...
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The recent Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households from the Federal Reserve Board showed some startling facts about America. The worst was that one-third of American households were...
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ITT Educational Services was absolutely clobbered on Monday. Things have been bad for years in the for-profit secondary education market, and now we have a whole set of fresh concerns to worry about.
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Here are four education stocks that Piper Jaffray feels could experience above-average regulatory and/or operating risk. The analysts believe it is appropriate to remain Underweight the group.
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Is there any relationship between Internet speed and education? States with poorer populations, and ones where educational attainment is weak, tend to have Internet speeds are relatively slow.
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Average student debt levels have skyrocketed in recent years, reaching nearly $30,000 in 2012 from $18,650 in 2004. With debt levels swelling, President Barack Obama has recently addressed the issue,...
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