More students are completing high school, but fewer are prepared to learn a skilled trade or pass a college math class.

Dual enrollment helps Texas students do well after graduation, but taking college-prep classes has no benefit, says a new study.

States are dropping graduation exams to hide the failure to prepare all students for work, job training and college.

Streamline high school course requirements.

Relying on AI to do the math for you is "a recipe for idiocracy."

Redesign high schools to prepare students for skilled careers in growth industries.

Washington state traded its exit exam for multiple graduation pathways, but still has 20% of students who aren't on track for a diploma.

College students want fulfilling, flexible jobs with no deadlines and plenty of "self-care days."

Fewer high school graduates are enrolling in four-year colleges, and more say they're "working toward a career goal."

Alabama's new "workforce" diploma will prepare graduates for jobs or community college, but not for selective universities.

If the U.S. rebuilds it manufacturing base, can it also rebuild the pipeline of skilled workers?

Americans think college costs too much and want more focus on preparing students for jobs.

Most people worry about college costs, but want their children to go to a two-year or four-year college.

Eighty-two percent of teachers say public education has gotten worse in the last five years, according to a Pew survey. Fifty-three...

Colleges are adding career counselors and urging students to start career planning early, reports Hechinger's Jon Marcus. Some are...

New York students will be able to graduate from high school without passing Regents exams, the state education department proposes....

A college diploma doesn't signify academic training or job readiness any more, writes Mitch Daniels, former president of Purdue and...

Gen Z college students are clueless about the workforce, according to a survey conducted in March, writes Jaime Dunaway-Seale for Real...

Americans have fallen out of love with college degrees, writes Jenny Anderson in Time. In 2019, Americans ranked “preparing for college”...

Teaching "self-sufficiency and competence" should be the goal of high school -- not merely college prep -- writes Selim Tlili, a biology...