Washington: With no income tax to rely on, the state of Washington charges a higher sales tax to bring in revenue. At 6.5%, ...

A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, finds that people experiencing more economic disadvantages are more likely to smoke cigarettes, have higher levels of tobacco addiction, and find it ...

Nearly 44,000 first-generation and low-income students no longer receive assistance with financial aid, tutoring, campus ...

Connecticut education leaders express cautious optimism as state Department of Education tries its hand at course development ...

This matters because enrollment at top universities has been linked to higher graduation rates and higher incomes post ...

HBCUs make up just 3% of the country’s colleges and universities. But their graduates include 40% of Black engineers and 50% of Black lawyers.

A new federal survey finds roughly a 20 percent difference in school readiness between children from the poorest and wealthiest families.

The proposal generated lots of public testimony, primarily enthusiastic support from left-leaning fans of public services for ...

Attorney General Nick Brown and a coalition of 18 other attorneys general have secured an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education ...

The results are a mixed bag, with some states enacting promising policies that will improve tax equity and others going in the opposite direction.

At a time of rising income inequality, advocates worry that a convergence of developments will make it even harder to go to college for lower-income Americans.

Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) are nonprofits to which people donate money and receive an income tax credit in ...