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"International Students Contribute $17.6 Billion to U.S. Economy" NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Web. 2008-2009 Compiled Data This data sheet from NAFSA shows a compilation of data summing the amount of money spent and contributed to the U.S general economy from International student Education. IT holds most of the information in Pdf format thus making it more easily assessable.

Rampell, By Catherine. "Grading College Athletes - NYTimes.com." The Economy and the Economics of Everyday Life - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. . This article discusses the fact that athletes do worse in school than non-athletes. The gap between the grades of recruited athletes and non-athletes continues to grow. The grades of male recruited athletes continue to drop. This raises the question of the effect of athletics on education. Are they getting enough attention or too much?

Allen, Rick. "Financial Literacy: An Imperative in Economic Hard Times." Education Update 51.2 (2009): 1-5. Ebsco. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. According to this article there has been a decline in financial literacy over the past few years. More and more schools are starting to offer finance classes at the high school level. In order to ensure students make good financial decisions in their later years it is important that parents and teachers start teaching people about finances before they are teens.