by Sarah Green | Oct 14, 2016 | News, Profiles, Student Issues
Today, Kamaria Downs is 23 and an elementary school teacher in Greenville, South Carolina. She is also the mother of a nearly-two-year-old daughter, Ryann. And she’s making a footprint on education in her state, though not in the way one might expect. Two years ago,...
by Sarah Green | Oct 5, 2016 | News, Student Issues
In the past, the City University of New York has offered to waive its $65 application fee for only the most needy of students. However, that still left the application fee as a substantial barrier for many other students who didn’t meet CUNY’s formerly stringent...
by Sarah Green | Oct 3, 2016 | News, Student Issues
For-profit trade schools are predicated on getting people to pay, up front, for a short program that will get them a well-paying job. Like any other for-profit school, however, the reality is less than the promise. Students who attend these schools accumulate large...
by Sarah Green | Sep 23, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Photo: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com For anyone watching, September has been a domino chain of disaster for students at the for-profit educational franchise ITT Tech. In August, the federal Department of Education banned the company from enrolling any new students...
by Sarah Green | Sep 21, 2016 | News, Student Issues
We still don’t have a strong grasp on why we sleep. We know that not getting sleep can be extremely bad for you, but getting the right amount of sleep can be pretty helpful. A recent French study has shown that sleeping between lessons can actually help people learn...
