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 countless phone calls).…
Trump proposal could shift child care subsidies to stay-at-home parents
Edythe Smith, who lives in Syracuse, New York, juggled full time work …
Barbara Aranda had to call out from her job in Austin so often that sh…
The three women have two things in common: All of them spent at least …
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.…
OPINION: We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students
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…
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.…
When this small Alaska town was given $1 million, child care was the top priority
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.…
Online career training is growing – does it work?
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…
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.…
States turn to parents to fill a home care workforce gap
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…
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.…
English-only proposal for Head Start would set kids back, say parents and program leaders
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 …
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.…
Colleges are scrambling to figure out new student loan rules. Students are paying the price
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…