Each spring, Patrick Kelly hears the same complaint from teachers in his state of South Carolina: Too many students, particularly in high school, stop doing any schoolwork. Students know they …
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Bonnie Albrecht’s path to accessing a government child care assistance program was long (the Texas mother spent nearly two years on a waitlist) and bureaucratic (involving seven pay stubs and …
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Education
OPINION: I’m a college president, and I think higher education has to do a better job of controlling costs
Every fall, millions of American parents and caregivers make extraordinary sacrifices to send a child to college. They work overtime, postpone retirement, take on debt or set aside other priorities …
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CINCINNATI — The meeting with staff members of Cincinnati Christian Schools began with a prayer. Then they told Mike Grimmer and Linda Kelly that their granddaughter could no longer attend …
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The morning after Edythe Smith gave birth to her daughter, she got some bad news. State funding for a government program that helps low- and moderate-income families pay for child …
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Every community college reformer wants to help more students earn degrees and get through college faster. A much-admired City University of New York support program has done that, some say …
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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. …
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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 …
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For 15 years, we let children carry cellphones into most of our classrooms. By the time states began ordering the phones out, a generation had spent its childhood inundated by …
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More than half of colleges show signs of money problems. Students will suffer the consequences
Choosing a college? Check out our tracker to make sure your favorite schools dont have shaky finances. LYNCHBURG, Va. — Nalia Mutz started her freshman year at the University of …