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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. From Homelessness to High School Graduation and HBCU Scholarship Recipient, FLEX Grad Starts Her First Semester at Central State University March 11, 2021 GMT FLEX High honors alumna and Central State University student Dreama S., 19, explores her new campus (Photo: Business Wire) FLEX High honors alumna and Central State University student Dreama S., 19, explores her new campus (Photo: Business Wire) CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 11, 2021-- Graduating from high school and attending college was onc...
featured Education groups sound alarm over 19% drop in FAFSA filings for high school seniors, launch statewide information campaign CPE press release Feb 2, 2021 (FRANKFORT, Ky.) â Education groups in Kentucky are launching an information campaign this month calling on students to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA form. Filling out the form is a crucial step to receive need-based aid that you donât pay back and other financial assistance. In addition to the federal Pell grant, the FAFSA is required for three of Kentucky...
Welcome back. there is some real progress to be made, is being made in washington, d.c. public schools. they've steadily improved over the past few years with test scores on the rise. reformers are oftentimes hitting a brick wall when it comes to local government. next tuesday, there's a mayoral election and that could decide the future of public education in the district. so what lessons can d.c. schools teach the rest of the nation? a lot, it turns out. joining me now is donald graham, chairman of the d.c. college access program, and of course the former publisher of "the washington post," a...
Three years working as a janitor. >> it's better for the country if people like her have an opportunity to care for children. >> along with bush commerce secretary carlos gutierrez and others, graham has raised $25 million from the gates foundation, bloomberg philanthropies and other groups. that's enough to give 1,000 dreamers $25,000 each. to get them through four years at low-cost, high-quality schools like miami-dade college. >> we will pay full tuition for dreamers who want to complete job related programs, so we're going to be graduating nurses, teachers, computer operates. >> don graham...