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Life is expensive. Rent, health care, raising a family, saving for retirement — it adds up. But so does college debt. In fact, the cost of college shot up…
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TOPEKA — The glittery gold print on Cara Simon’s graduation cap begged — maybe only half-jokingly — for a break: “Can I take a nap now?”Toilsome college…
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The push to enroll more students in classes that will prepare them for college and careers could create new opportunities for young people with special…
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Career and technical education is having a moment, but not in all schools. Most charters still focus almost exclusively on college…
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Back when she was in eighth grade at California Trail in the Olathe Public Schools, Lilly Beckwith loved making amateur videos with Windows Movie Maker…
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There were some groans back in August when Laura Lavallee told sixth graders at Tomahawk Elementary they’d be talking about their career prospects this…
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Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Bailey is learning how to install electrical boxes and frame windows, but what she really wants to do is study sharks as a…
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Is it preferable to build new schools or renovate old ones?Should the priority be to minimize the fiscal impact or minimize student disruption as more…
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Segment 1: There are a lot of acronyms in education. How do those phrases affect kids?In the education world, 'STEM learning' refers to an emphasis on…
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Students in the EMT class at Manual Career and Technical Center were honest when Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell asked if they were…
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Segment 1: Deciding what to do after high school can be tough.For students, high school graduation oft evokes feelings of accomplishment and freedom. But…
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It’s a common refrain in career and technical education: school must prepare students for jobs that haven’t been invented yet.To do that, vocational…