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The Pell Grant program has been the foundation for federal financial aid since 1972. Its mission was simple: provide low-income students with a fair chance at higher education. Despite making enormous ...

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In August, The Washington Post highlighted “the two reasons Americans aren’t having babies”: the rising cost of raising children, especially child care, and the lack of time and support for families.

Idaho parents, my name is Meg Goudy, and as the director of the Bill & Milly Kay Baldwin Center for Education at Mountain States Policy Center, I am excited to help Idaho families navigate through the ...

As the transfer portal continues to evolve in the college football world, programs can either adapt or get left behind. In his two seasons at the helm, Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti and ...

While school district-level performance remained flat or declined during the 2021-2024 study period, students who regularly participated in BGCNEO programming gained over a full grade level of ...

The numbers say it all. By 2030, nearly 21% of Americans will be 65 or older, for the first time surpassing the percentage of those under the age of 17. Katrina Boatright is aware of those statistics ...

In many rural counties in Idaho, the loss of resource revenue sharing from vast tracts of federally owned land inhibits counties’ ability to support local schools or fund basic emergency services — ...