Education

March 27, 2013

March 1, 2013

The unpaid internship is widely perceived as a necessary—if not sufficient—prerequisite to getting a good-paying white-collar job. The New York Times reported that, in 1992, 17 percent of graduating college students had taken an internship, and 50 percent had in 2008. More recent figures put it even higher.

February 25, 2013

In gentrified city neighborhoods across America, including Baltimore, many middle-class parents face a crucial question: Should we send our kids to a public school, a private school or a charter school -- or should we just move to the suburbs? Where can children get a good education in a racially and economically diverse setting, and how important is that? Education policy expert Michael J. Petrilli faced that question and has written a book about what he calls "The Diverse Schools Dilemma." Petrilli, a former education official under George W.

Almost half of high school graduates do not enroll in college directly. Later in life, these students want a second chance to get an education to ensure their economic future and self-respect in a world with little room for the unskilled and uneducated. Community colleges provide those second chances, but UCLA professor and author Mike Rose argues that not enough of them do it well. Rose is the author of Back to School – Why Everyone Deserves a Chance at Education. 

Almost half of high school graduates do not enroll in college directly. Later in life, these students want a second chance to get an education to ensure their economic future and self-respect in a world with little room for the unskilled and uneducated. Community colleges provide those second chances, but UCLA professor and author Mike Rose argues that not enough of them do it well. Rose is the author of Back to School – Why Everyone Deserves a Chance at Education. 

Almost half of high school graduates do not enroll in college directly. Later in life, these students want a second chance to get an education to ensure their economic future and self-respect in a world with little room for the unskilled and uneducated. Community colleges provide those second chances, but UCLA professor and author Mike Rose argues that not enough of them do it well. Rose is the author of Back to School – Why Everyone Deserves a Chance at Education. 

Almost half of high school graduates do not enroll in college directly. Later in life, these students want a second chance to get an education to ensure their economic future and self-respect in a world with little room for the unskilled and uneducated. Community colleges provide those second chances, but UCLA professor and author Mike Rose argues that not enough of them do it well. Rose is the author of Back to School – Why Everyone Deserves a Chance at Education. 

According to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor the workforce, veering toward chronic underemployment as adults and failing to gain the skills employers need in the 21st century. We look at the report and how to better prepare young Americans for work. Plus: what college majors, skills, and fields will be most desirable in the future.