OPINION: We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students
In one of Denver’s wealthiest suburbs, where median family income tops $150,000 and nearly every kid is expected to go to college, students are now lining up for trade certifications.…
Their parents aren’t worried; in fact, most of them are championing th…
For decades, Americans have been treating college as a career plan, sp…
When this small Alaska town was given $1 million, child care was the top priority
SEWARD, Alaska — It was 2018 when Casie Warner first realized there was a major problem in this popular cruise port, nestled on an inlet about a two-hour drive south of Anchorage.…
At the time, Warner worked as a home visitor, providing advice, suppor…
Time and time again, Warner would hear the same story from parents: “‘…
Cori Space spent her freshman year of high school in Madison, Alabama, trying to keep up with her coursework while managing her celiac disease and other health problems that her school wouldn’t accommodate.…
For her sophomore year, her family opted for the Alabama Destinations …
Run by the publicly traded company Stride Inc.
, it advertises five career tracks and the chance to earn industry-rec…
States turn to parents to fill a home care workforce gap
Before Kris and Matthew Ferderer could take their 9-month-old daughter, Elliott, home for the first time, they had to receive specialized training to manage her oxygen equipment, feeding tubes and a catheter that delivered medication directly to her heart.…
Elliott, now 6, was born with a rare heart defect requiring a transpla…
Complications caused seizures and two strokes, leaving her with cerebr…
She also lost blood flow to her right foot the night of the transplant…
English-only proposal for Head Start would set kids back, say parents and program leaders
Over the past few years, Ginger Williams has watched the number of children learning English inch up at the six Head Start sites she runs across Snohomish County, Washington, just north of Seattle.…
The federally funded preschool program has long been required to provi…
” If a majority of children in a program speak a language other than E…
Teachers are also required to focus both on teaching students English …
Colleges are scrambling to figure out new student loan rules. Students are paying the price
Mikiah Roberson expected to receive her federal $6,700 student loan disbursement sometime between May 27 and June 3, just in time to make her rent and car payments.…
Instead, June 3 came and went.
Days, weeks and finally over a month passed.
Roberson, a graduate student in University of Maryland Global Campus’s…