President Obama back on the campaign trail today, promoting his plan for the looming student loan debt crisis:... continue reading »

One of the most contentious issues in public education in this country, in addition to teachers unions, is school vouchers.

But to me, it's pretty straight forward. Vouchers help parents pay for private schools - giving their kids more opportunity, and in some cases, a safer choice - without putting their retirement on the line, and going broke in the process... continue reading »

The President hitting education hard on the campaign trail today at the University of Michigan: an issue he touched on during his State of the Union address on Tuesday... continue reading »

One-hundred billion dollars in new debt. Total debt? A trillion dollars.

No, I'm not talking about credit card debt or mortgage debt or even the debt of our federal government. I'm talking about student loan debt - money owed by students and former students to the federal government to pay for college... continue reading »

The jobs depression continues to plague this nation. If you're not unemployed yourself, no doubt you know someone who is. Fourteen million of us looking for work two years after the Great Recession. But there is a myth about this economy that I want to expose tonight... continue reading »

Please join us Friday for a special Willis Report investigation on jobs in America. Where are the jobs? who's hiring and why, also who's not hiring and what's stopping them? Has America entered a new paradigm where high unemployment is the norm or even acceptable - like some European countries... continue reading »

All week, The Willis Report has been focusing on the problems with education in our country and they are severe. Low graduation rates. High costs. Poor college prep. But for parents of college-aged kids there is one issue that transcends all others: The cost... continue reading »

There is no doubt about it - the rising costs of tuition in this country is making college a worse and worse deal for American students. College costs are rising at a pace faster than either health care or gas prices - up more than 400 percent since 1982. It's like watching the housing bubble - prices rise, but for no good reason... continue reading »