Although a growing number of high school dropouts are taking the GED, most who pass the exam discover that it doesn’t help them much in finding improved economic opportunities or completing ...

Zahide Betancourt holds her textbooks in front of Wilson Community Center in Phoenix, where she takes a GED prep course. Photo by Cassie Ronda/PIN Bureau Zahide Betancourt wakes up at 5 a.m. every ...

The numbers suggest "the GED testing program does little good for the substantial majority of its takers in generating economic opportunity directly and in opening the door to post-secondary education ...

America’s largest high school is not a building but a test. The General Educational Development test is a seven-hour exam that allows high school dropouts to show they are equivalent to high school ...

The trip stems from the fact that state law that prevents undocumented immigrants from attending state-funded adult education programs A Mexican Consulate program allows undocumented immigrants to ...