For a while now, online education has been a good option for students who – for various reasons – can’t access on-the-ground education.  And although there are still examples of rudimentary online courses out there (think compliance training), both the technology and the pedagogy powering online learning have gotten considerably better over the last decade.  And now, fairly suddenly it seems, there are a growing number of cases where online education is actually outperforming its traditional classroom counterpart.  Evidence of student success and, indeed preference, for the online classroom is mounting – and this will serve widespread benefits for all of us.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2019/03/05/online-education-from-good-to-better-to-best/#70c080966912

The 529 industry is collaborating to educate future students and their families about the benefits of investing for a higher education using a 529 plan. Twenty-seven states have collaborated to launch a national campaign raising awareness and educating savers with the aim of reducing future college debt.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianboswell/2019/03/05/state-529-consortium-launches-education-assault-on-student-debt/#1b18d3658fe8