state aid to students

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed changes to the HOPE scholarship would significantly alter the pledge that Georgia made to students back in 1992. Georgia schoolchildren have been promised free college tuition and other aid for achieving and maintaining a 3.0 GPA. These promises have proven...

Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program has become a victim of its own success. It promises full college tuition for low-income middle school students who pledge to stay out of trouble, maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA and graduate from high school. And it works, academically: Participants are more...