--- title: Information is the new oil. Get rich. | Trendlines by Gradient Metrics | Education description: Education | Explore the Trendlines newsletter archive, full of data-driven stories and consumer insights, all served with a side of wit. --- # Trendlines - [Show all](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines) - [Aging](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/aging) - [Brands](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/brands) - [Business](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/business) - [conjoint](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/conjoint) - [Consumers](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/consumers) - [COVID](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/covid) - [criminal justice](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/criminal-justice) - [Culture](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/culture) - [economy](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/economy) - [Education](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/education) - [Employment](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/employment) - [Entertainment](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/entertainment) - [environment](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/environment) - [experiment](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/experiment) - [Family](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/family) - [food](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/food) - [Gradient In The Wild](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/gradient-in-the-wild) - [health & wellness](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/health-wellness) - [Holiday](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/holiday) - [Inside Gradient](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/inside-gradient) - [Leisure](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/leisure) - [lifestyle](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/lifestyle) - [List Experiment](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/list-experiment) - [MaxDiff](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/maxdiff) - [message-testing](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/message-testing) - [Movies](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/movies) - [music](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/music) - [Out There](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/out-there) - [Personality](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/personality) - [politics](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/politics) - [Relationships](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/relationships) - [Research & Development](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/research-development) - [retrospective](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/retrospective) - [Science](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/science) - [Seasonal](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/seasonal) - [segmentation](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/segmentation) - [Society](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/society) - [Sports](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/sports) - [Tech](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/tech) - [travel](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/travel) - [TrendSegments](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/trendsegments) - [World](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tag/world) Show allAgingBrandsBusinessconjointConsumersCOVIDcriminal justiceCultureeconomyEducationEmploymentEntertainmentenvironmentexperimentFamilyfoodGradient In The Wildhealth & wellnessHolidayInside GradientLeisurelifestyleList ExperimentMaxDiffmessage-testingMoviesmusicOut TherePersonalitypoliticsRelationshipsResearch & DevelopmentretrospectiveScienceSeasonalsegmentationSocietySportsTechtravelTrendSegmentsWorld [ Sarah Binns2023/01/191 min read ## Well, U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges, You Had a Good Run Pop quiz: What’s the biggest problem with the American K-12 education system? If you answered “All of the above,” go to the head of the class and take another standardized test ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/well-u.s.-news-and-world-report-best-colleges-you-had-a-good-run)[ Cory Manento2022/09/081 min read ## If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say About People with Student Debt… Last month, President Biden announced up to $10,000 in student loan forgiveness for individual borrowers. In a previous edition, we took stock of Americans’ student debt burden ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-about-people-with-student-debt)[ Kyle Block2022/07/211 min read ## Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not While getting a college degree once was the surest way to a white picket fence and second freezer in the garage, the college educated among us are questioning the value of robbing ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/forgive-me-forgive-me-not)[ Sarah Binns2022/07/21< 1 min read ## TrendSegments: “I’ll Take Geography for $500.” Said No One. What’s that on the map? It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Ukraine? Spoiler alert: It’s probably not Ukraine if you’re 73% of Americans trying to find it on a map. In the spirit of ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/trendsegments-ill-take-geography-for-500.-said-no-one)[ Jordan Boeder2022/03/161 min read ## The Crysus of Public Educashun Turning the proverbial school lunch tables, we gave Americans the opportunity to grade their public K-12 education system. Well, well, well Mrs. Stuart, look who’s failing to meet ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/the-crysus-of-public-educashun)[ Cory Manento2021/08/271 min read ## Critical of Critical Race Theory? An anti-woke chorus of Americans are advocating against teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools. What is less clear is whether the anti-CRT crowd disagrees with the ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/critical-of-critical-race-theory)[ Jordan Boeder2021/08/271 min read ## It Was the Best of Times, it Was the Worst of Times Keeping with the dazed and confused theme, we asked Americans to crack open their metaphorical yearbooks and reminisce about their high school days. It turns out the events of ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times)[ Catherine Wagner2021/04/071 min read ## Level Up, Apron On Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/level-up-apron-on)[ Kyle Block2020/07/301 min read ## Toga! Toga! 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