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Bruce Watson recently took a look at the rising cost of private high school tuition. Can you bank on getting a strong return on investment from sending your teen to one? Depends on how you measure.

The big problem in public schools is a lack of funds, and the nation's elite private schools apparently have the same issue. But those schools can just raise tuition, which they've done to the tune of 79% in the past 10 years. Now, New York's Riverdale Country School is the first to cross the $40,000 line.

High school students applying to Brown and Columbia universities may be stuck when it comes to knowing what to write on their applications. How long should their answers be? What tone is the college looking for? It's a nerve-wracking process. To help give those potential applicants a leg up, the...

Too many low-income families discourage kids from applying to Ivy league schools out of fear that they cannot afford it. They don't realize that many Ivy League and high-end schools make sure the student doesn't have to fork over any more than they would at any public college. In fact, low-income...

Job insecurity and tanking retirement portfolios and 529 Plans have some families rethinking their college applications strategies.Bloomberg reports that applications are down at seven of the eight highest-rated liberal arts colleges in the country. Williams College was the hardest hit with an...