37% of married couples pay more tax than they would single. Here’s every 2026 marriage penalty (brackets, SALT, EITC, tips, student loans, HSAs) with the numbers, plus the rules that favor married couples.
A reader and her husband were each billed $980 on RAP. Here’s why married borrowers get one payment (not two) and how to get a wrong bill corrected.
H.R. 9974, the Young Farmer Success Act, would make full-time farm and ranch work qualify for PSLF if the operation clears $35,000 in annual sales.
UVM’s new Regional Tuition Break cuts tuition to $30,240 for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island students starting fall 2027.
Notre Dame will require SAT or ACT scores from Fall 2028 applicants, joining Brown, Columbia and every Ivy in reversing pandemic-era test-optional policies.
Federal Reserve data shows student loan debt reached $1.86 trillion in Q2 2026, up 3.1% year over year. The quarterly dip is seasonal, not the new loan caps.
U.S. teens ranked 23rd in math and 10th in reading among 91 school systems on the 2025 PISA exam. See where American students land against Singapore.
The math behind Uber vs. Owning A Car and why I sold my car and take Uber or Lyft everywhere, including work.
Indianapolis Public Schools restored zeros for unattempted work while San Diego Unified compressed its grading scale. What both mean for college readiness.
H.R. 10232 would block transfers of four Education Department offices and cut the Secretary’s travel funds. Student loan servicing is not covered.
How much you should have in a 529 plan by age to save for college for your children, including high and low contributions for public and private school.
