In November 2013, the 37-year-old city man started studying for his GED. He knew a new version of the four-part test was coming out in January 2014, but he decided not to rush things by taking the ...

• History: More than 17 million people have earned a GED credential since 1943. • Current cost: In Spokane it is $15 for each of the five sections of the test: mathematics, reading, writing, science ...

When asked to define “culture hearth,” Community High School student D.J. Reiter said he didn’t know. Asked if he could guess at the definition based only on the phrase, he said he still had no idea.

COLUMBUS — Those working toward earning their high school equivalency diploma are encouraged to finish before the end of the year or risk having to start over again. The General Educational ...

Ericka Coleman remembers seeing a sign about General Educational Development (GED) classes at the library near her house in St. Paul, Minn. The 21-year-old dropped out of high school in one year shy ...

For 26-year-old Sequoia Dennis, the days leading up to Dec. 19 looked like this: Get up, go to math class, eat lunch, go to math class, come home and do more math. Dennis, of Allentown, was getting ...

On a recent night at Seattle Central Community College, Carl Ellison solved basic math problems on a timed test his teacher gave the class as a warm-up. Ellison, who is 57 and homeless, has passed ...

Some 1 million New Yorkers over the age of 16 do not have a high school diploma. For these people, the high school equivalency diploma -- the GED -- can offer the best hope of a better job or further ...