Education

White Americans No Longer Majority In Under-5 Age Group, According To Census

22 percent of children under the age of 5 live in poverty. Income disparities have been shown to correlate strongly to gaps in academic achievement starting from early on in childhood. This month the Supreme Court will rule on whether or not affirmative action programs like college admissions should be altered to focus less on race and more on income.

Cuba cuts education spending, shifts priorities

Cuba is cutting back its hallowed free education system and moving students into more practical careers to reduce costs and fill needs in its work force, recently released government statistics show.

Back to School: Is Higher Education Making You Fat?

An analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, for the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5 percent share of all college enrollments.

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