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An elite university helped her climb but changing class can be a lonely journey.

Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class.

They bet that college would help them move up. Did it pay off?

Colleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.

A little-known program has been helping the children of migrant farmworkers graduate for more than 50 years.

Dissatisfied with low pay and school funding, teachers in more red states are poised to protest.

Last year, almost a million students who qualified for state financial aid didn't get it.

Students held back were at high risk of dropping out.