Patrick O'Donnell
Education reporter + @ColumbiaJourn @FellowsSpencer studying low-debt career training. Former Plain Dealer. Freelance for @The74 + @WCPN. [email protected]
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Michelle Gurgul has a good job as a dental hygienist, but the expense of private preschool for her daughter near her home in a Detroit suburb is beyond her budget. “If we had to pay for a tuition-based program, she wouldn’t be going,” Gurgul said, who lives in Allen Park with her family. “It’s a big extra cost. Do you pay however many hundreds of dollars a month for preschool?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This article is part of The 74’s EDlection 2024 coverage, which takes a look at candidates’ education policies and how they might impact the American education system after the 2024 election. Former Republican U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte won the New Hampshire governor’s seat Tuesday, giving her a platform to push for the universal school choice and “parental rights” she called for during the campaign.
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Nov 6, 2024 |
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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The banking apprentices in Zurich, Switzerland, look up from the loan applications on their laptops when trainer Burak Besler calls for their attention. “What do I actually need from the customer?” Besler asks the second year apprentices, all 17 or 18 years old at the Chase Your Potential wirtschaftsschule — business school.
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This article is part of The 74’s EDlection 2024 coverage, which takes a look at candidates’ education policies and how they might impact the American education system after the 2024 election. Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, won’t have as much power over their city’s schools as some had hoped when they elect five new school board members on Election Day — but it will be more than they’ve had in decades.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Preschool teacher Emily Johnson counts the row of green bear figurines Mayeda Alan, 4, has set on a table at the George Forbes Early Learning Center in East Cleveland, Ohio. “How many do you have? One…two..three…four,” Johnson says, before they place another bear in the row. “What if we add more? What comes after four?”Johnson smiles when Mayeda replies with “five.” The stealth math lesson is working.
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