Many of the market’s top companies with the largest workforces in the nation are touting degreeless jobs and actively removing degree requirements from more job postings. The idea of hiring based on skill rather than completion of college education for certain roles has become more prevalent at a time when workers are in short supply … Read more
FRANKFORT, Ky. — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she’s pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same â especially among other female working professionals. âThe excitement is immediately followed by: âAre you on a list?ââ Schook says. What they’re asking is if she’s signed up for childcare … Read more
Taking a financial education class in high school does pay off. In fact, there is a lifetime benefit of roughly $100,000 per student from completing a one-semester course in personal finance, according to a recent report by consulting firm Tyton Partners and Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit focused on providing financial education to middle and … Read more
A Waterloo Regional councillor says he will be sending a letter to Conestoga College’s president after speaking to a student who was living in a house with 13 other people in a situation he described as “inhumane and down right unsafe.” Kitchener councillor Michael Harris issued a series of tweets on Tuesday after he spoke … Read more
Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year. The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, include philosophical objections to welfare programs, technical challenges … Read more
RICHMOND, Va. — The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs policies on the treatment of transgender students and rule that school districts are not required to follow them. Youngkin’s policies roll back many accommodations for transgender students … Read more
ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate committee is advancing a long-stalled proposal aimed at stopping private school teachers from talking to students about gender identity without parental permission, but both gay rights groups and some religious conservatives remain opposed to the bill. Senate Bill 88, which majority Republicans on Tuesday passed out of the Senate Education … Read more
US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images It’s never been a better time to get rid of your student debt. Although President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel up to $400 billion in student debt for … Read more
New guidelines for school canteens in South Australia have left a bad taste in mouths, after it was revealed an iconic Australian food will no longer be on offer. Sprinkles of any kind, including 100s and 1000s, are now in the “red 2 category” — meaning they “should not be promoted or encouraged in schools … Read more
Bonded asbestos fragments have been found in mulch at a southwest Sydney primary school, with students to start the week from home. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on Sunday confirmed the presence of bonded asbestos in mulch used at Liverpool West Public School. The EPA identified the school as a priority site for testing … Read more
