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[video:6321]ST. LOUIS - The Illinois Center for Autism (ICA) helps hundreds of families every day, and now you can help them by supporting one of thei

By Olivia Sanchez for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Ohio News Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration Sometimes the only choice is to evolve.  That was the case for Lorain County Community College in northeastern Ohio, in the heart of the rust belt, when the surrounding manufacturing industry began to crumble in the 1990’s. The college had been founded in part to train workers for automotive and steel manu...

22% of New Hampshire public-school students attend classes in buildings that have not been updated in the past 35 years, according to a new report. A decade-long moratorium on state aid for school buildings was lifted last year exposing an unprecedented backlog of requests. Carly Prescott, policy analyst with the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project, said without adequate state funding, towns are forced to consider raising local property taxes, which many low-income communities simply...

For a child on the autism spectrum, returning to school after the summer break may be viewed with anxiety and hesitancy. However, parents can pave the way for a better experience. A child may feel uncomfortable with the unfamiliar faces of a new teacher and classmates. ...

Higher education is just one area in which Americans confidence has fallen, according to the latest Gallup poll. However, people are still signing up to get their degrees in Mississippi. College enrollment in the state last fall was more than 75,000 students - only about 1,000 fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. ...

The Arizona School Boards Association has for the first time in the organizations approximately 80-year history chosen an Indigenous woman to be president of its board of directors. The ASBA is a nonprofit group that provides training and other services to public-school governing boards across Arizona. Desiree Fowler, a Navajo Nation tribal member, said she is committed to representing Native communities and border towns, as well as working to address the unique challenges rural and urban scho...