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Personal finance consultant Kim Cooper explains why it’s important to teach kids about money. And how to do it.  

If your son or daughter is looking for a job, consider these tips to help them get off the couch and into the workforce.  

In a City Hall ceremony packed with dignitaries, Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia School District officials signed an “education accountability” agreement Thursday that gives the city more say in how the district conducts business. “This agreement represents a new beginning and a new way of working together,” said school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. “I’m thrilled to be [...]

In an effort to maintain access to lucrative federal student aid dollars, some for-profit colleges have used aggressive efforts to manage the statistics showing how many of their students default on federal loans, according to internal documents released at a Senate hearing Tuesday. Some colleges have hired private investigators and dedicated entire departments toward driving [...]

If the School District of Philadelphia wants the city’s help in closing its massive budget gap, the district must agree to open its books and give the city a greater say in how it spends money, Mayor Nutter said Sunday night. In a nine-page letter to the School Reform Commission, he called on the district [...]

The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country’s for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools that do nothing for their job prospects. The Department of Education has finalized its “gainful employment” rule, which will ban for-profit schools like DeVry University or Apollo Group Inc.’s [...]

The amount of money flowing into government-sponsored 529 plans has surged 75% in the last two years as fear of rising college tuition trumps fear of the stock market. Still, contributions remain well below the 2006 peak. Fear of rising college tuition is trumping fear of the stock market. Contributions to government-sponsored college-savings programs are [...]

A bill to change a Pennsylvania law that requires school districts to keep tax increases below the inflation index is headed for a vote in Harrisburg. The law, passed in 2006, allows for 10 exceptions, including pension payments and special education costs. The bill amending the law would end the exceptions, thus requiring voter approval [...]

The House Republican budget is now out in the public. Though it’s in sharp contrast to Gov. Tom Corbett’s spending plan, the parameters of the budget had been public for several days before Tuesday’s official announcement. The GOP plan would maintain Corbett’s $27.3 billion spending level, but dramatically increase funding for State System of Higher [...]

This time next year, if you want your kid to play high-school basketball, you might have to pay for private-school tuition. And if the marching band is more their thing, start saving for private music lessons. Aiming to erase a projected $629 million budget shortfall created largely by slashed state support, Philadelphia public-school officials yesterday [...]