An overhaul of the GED to meet Common Core standards has made the high school equivalency test more rigorous and more expensive. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing it. Gwen Ifill gets ...

Every year, roughly 750,000 high school dropouts try to improve their educational and employment prospects by taking the General Educational Development test, or GED, long considered to be the ...

Not too long ago, famous lipstick wearer Lauren Boebert inadvertently reminded people that she has a GED while pushing back at the idea of student loan forgiveness. Over the weekend, Boebert ...

The adult education program at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus celebrated its fall 2025 GED graduates with a ceremony ...

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Tim Chatman started an organization called Transformer Dublin in 2014, when he was Dublin's police chief. Since then, the name has changed to Transform Dublin, and they've helped 10 people, like ...

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The Navy hopes the new standards will bring in more prospects during an historic recruiting crisis. (Navy) The Navy said Friday that it will allow those without a high school diploma to enlist as long ...

Here’s a quick way to see the trend lines before and after the 2014 debut of the new GED: On the new General Educational Development exam, a passing score is 145 out of 200. In 2017, average scores ...