Your Money: A Hand Up for Students Facing a Mountain of Debt
SafeStart aims to reduce the fear of debt that might keep 18-year-olds from borrowing for school in the first place. feeds.nytimes.com |
Study Finds Growing Work for School Counselors
Nearly half of public schools have raised the caseloads of high school counselors this year, compared with last year, with the average increase exceeding 53 students. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chicago News Cooperative: To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money
Parents of students in public and magnet schools must get creative to finance extra hours in the classroom. feeds.nytimes.com |
Margaret B. Young, Black Educator and Writer, Dies at 88
Mrs. Young, the widow of the civil rights leader Whitney Young Jr., wrote several books for children on the African-American experience. feeds.nytimes.com |
Kings of the Castle build challenge win
A TEAM of pupils from Merchiston Castle School have beaten off competition from 29 other schools across Edinburgh and the Lothians to become winners of a construction challeng news.scotsman.com |