Education News

Any student who will graduate in 2007 from a Montana high school and enter a full-time degree program in an accredited college, technical school or university in the state is eligible.

In the Salt Lake City School District, children at risk of failing who attend all-day kindergarten have proved themselves capable of catching up with their peers.

"It’s a little bit like the education initiatives," said Barrett, who chairs the U.N. Global Alliance for ICT and Development. "Education is the key."

This winter, two seniors in his projects class are taking advantage of Filer High’s fine collection of lab equipment – and of Richards’ passion for pairing students with professionals in real-world industry and research.

Does your state have activities and policies that effectively guide students from high school and prepare them for college and careers?

"Planners have to understand what the education of the future will be like to prevent them designing something that will soon become outdated."

The Micron Technology Foundation will donate $12.5 million to Boise State University so the school can tear down a hotel near the campus and replace it with a new building for college of business and economics.

Experts argue that if the United States is to remain competitive with other countries in the engineering field, it will have to find better ways to encourage women to join the profession.

Our 16th annual Education Quotient compares 2,800 school districts nationwide to provide you with a means to compare the type of manufacturing work force you’re likely to encounter in communities throughout the U.S.

The institutions, which serve more than half of US undergrads, are working to improve access and uphold academic standards.