“education” Charts
Children Living in Poverty »
Across the U.S., large numbers of children are affected by one or more risk factors linked to academic failure and…
Teachers Were Never The Problem »
Social science research over the last few decades has shown that two thirds of student achievement is a product of…
Corporate Reform Can't Help Underemployment »
Arne Duncan’s latest gaffe highlights the critical inequities of federal education “reforms.” Reversing these trends will require policymakers to acknowledge…
Student Debt Could Hold You Back in the Future »
Student debt burdens are weighing on economic fortunes of younger Americans. Households headed by young adults owing student debt lag…
2013-2014 Top 10 Colleges by Post-Graduate Income »
The Universities at the top of the college rankings don't always turn out the most successful (if you measure success…
The Rich Get Smarter: Higher SAT Scores for Richer Families »
Information collected from College Board, shows SAT test takers from higher earning families are more likely to achieve better SAT…
Where are Americans Volunteering? (2013) »
Religious and Educational institutions received the bulk of America's volunteer hours in 2013. These significant percentages suggest what Americans are…
High Starting Salaries May Be Hard To Come By For Graduates »
Mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction jobs have the highest starting salaries for recent graduates, but also the lowest numbers…
Not So Fast: States Increasingly Wary of Common Core »
Common Core is a massively centralized, one-size-fits-all approach towards education. Fortunately, several states have began to push back against Common…
Crime Slows While Prisons Grow »
The United States spends more on prisons than education every year. Even though crime rates have continually fallen since the…
Work is Top Reason Students Leave College Early »
Financial pressures placed on students by increasing tuition rates is the largest factor in students leaving college early.
The Shocking Truth About Corporal Punishment »
I thought corporal punishment was a relic of the past — until I found this map showing U.S. states that…
What Are College Students Up To? Certainly Not Slacking Off »
The price of college is higher than ever but not having a degree is even more costly, according to recent…
Who's Hiring? »
Education and healthcare led the way for the top-hiring industries for recent college graduates for the 2014 year. The starting…
A Real Public Education Report Card »
Wouldn’t it be great if we could see how well students are performing across generations? And wouldn’t it be even…
College Opportunity: Who Makes It Through the Bottleneck? »
Many occupations require a college education, and the economic returns to a BA are, on average, sizeable. It is therefore…
Failure prioritizing children with HIV in Africa »
Globally, 3.2M children under 15 were living with HIV in 2013, which amounts to 9.1% of all people living with…
#OccupyEducation: Higher Student Debt, Lower Quality of Life »
Quality of life in terms of financial and physical well-being is drastically different for college grads who walked away with…
Who Does the Rising Cost of College Affect Most? »
It is no secret that the cost of college has been rising rapidly for several decades now, though how it…
Mass Illiteracy - The Unequal Education of Women »
Much of Sub-Sahara Africa and other developing countries fail to educate women. In fact, nearly one in two of the…
More States Rejecting Common Core »
South Carolina and Oklahoma have joined Indiana as the first three states to exit Common Core. Other states are becoming…
Standardized Tests Do Not Predict Performance »
A study found that there is no significant difference between the college GPAs of students who submit standardized tests scores…
Even With College Diploma, Millennials Are In Trouble »
The economy and current recession have hit the Millennial generation hard. Even though Millennials have achieved higher levels of education…
Lower Educational Scores Linked to Income Inequality »
In an international analysis published in Lancet, and an analysis of the 50 US states published in Social Science and…
Vision Trumps Other Senses for Memory »
Hear a piece of information, and three days later you'll remember 10 percent of it. Add a picture and you'll…
How We Pay For College »
College is no cheap institution and with prices only increasing, it gets increasingly harder to pay. Under a quarter of…
#StudyAbroad: a Growing Trend »
While the global trend for all continents is for more and more students to study abroad, North America's growth pales…
The Decline of Sexual Transmissions »
While overall there has been a sharp decline in the cases of STDs reported by state health departments, there have…
More Money, More College... More College, More Money »
It's a vicious cycle, alright. That's why in Tennessee, a new bill provides two years of free tuition at a…
Who Runs for Office in America? By Education »
Those who have attended higher education and finished at least some undergraduate study disproportionately run for public office at higher…
Race Gaps in Early Years Development »
Wide gaps in developmental opportunities during the critical early years signal the existence of an important bottleneck. A child who…
How Important is a Degree After High School? »
In a postsecondary education age characterized by large student loans and unpromising job prospects, Americans nonetheless regard a degree after…
"I Do", With A College Degree Too »
As of 2012, 20.7% of married woman are more educated then their husbands, now surpassing the percent of married men…
Raising the Bar on the Bar Exam »
In purple are the states with the highest passing rates of the Bar exam while the orange bars show the…
Aging Into Law School »
While most law school attendees are recent undergraduate program graduates, there is an increasing amount of applicants who are older,…