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Here's the Flex home page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
The download will give you a 60-day trial, but Adobe will send you a full license with proof-of-student status (e.g., a GIF scan of your ID card). See details here: http://www.adobe.com/go/buyflexbuilder_edu .
There's lots of resources:
Inside the Flex Builder IDE, there's tutorials for lots of stuff. At these links, expand the menu on the left column, and then select Tutorial for step-by-step instructions, including what you click the in Flex Builder IDE, and what code you type in.
Getting Started with Flex PDF