Year in the Chicago area signed up for free tutoring, but around 200,000 students can get this free service.

of Ohio will be able to judge a school based on a new data analysis system known as “value-added.”  It helps measure the effectiveness of school based on how much value a school adds to a student’s learning experience.

has teamed up with First Financial Federal Credit Union for the first ever student-operated credit union in the Baltimore area.

The article states that the state of Wisconsin has 50 of these. They were created to help solve finance literacy problems.

are living “paycheck to paycheck” says an Alliance Bernstein report. The report also says that 34% of college gradautes with college debt had to sell something to make ends meet.

In another report they say parents with kids aged 14-17 say they will have saved 12 grand for college expenses. Parents with kids under 5 years old say they will have saved 25 grand for college expenses. Both amounts saved are way lower than what will be needed for college though

at record rates says a new study by the Corporation for National & Community Service. The growth in students doing volunteer work is up 20% from 2002-2205. The report includes the percentage of college students doing volunteer work in each state.

full day kindergarten.  He is going to try again to get this idea passed.