Communities — from urban, mostly black and brown districts, to conservative, rural areas — are rising up against budget cuts and the threat of school closures.

It is crucial that we reveal, attack and uproot the increasing power of the student loan industry — and acknowledge the government's role in the crisis.

It's possible to break down poverty's imprisoning walls, but it takes outside influences, support networks, awareness of other opportunities and access to resources.

“If we don’t bring our fights, our campaigns, together, we are not going to accomplish anything. This fight is for everyone.”

If transparency is seen as such a threat, only one logical question remains: What are they so afraid of disclosing?

Nine states have urged the Obama administration to offer immediate federal loan forgiveness to the many thousands of students who enrolled at various for-profit schools owned by Corinthian Colleges.

Last night in his State of the Union address, the president said the words ‘free’ and ‘college’ in the same sentence. The administration’s proposal is a big deal. Here's why.

What if all of our children got the life basics that better-off children take for granted?

Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. It’s an arrangement that’s raising eyebrows.

At Wednesday's ceremony in Oslo, the heroic Pakistani asks, "Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?"