High School Students Are Pursing GED to Enter Workforce Early

High School Students Are Pursing GED to Enter Workforce Early

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox.Earlier this year, the experts at the national nonprofit Education Design Lab noticed something strange.While poring over the enrollment numbers at Crowder College in rural southwest Misso…

Seniors walk away from school with full-time jobs in the trades

A new trade school in Lebanon graduated its first students this week, but it was no ordinary graduation.

Making it to the End of the Tunnel

Graduation is the illustrious end goal, from the first day of kindergarten, students are aware that their purpose at school is to make it to the day when they walk across the stage, adorned in robe…