TikTok Hot takes! Get your hot takes, right here! Piping fresh hot takes, straight off the TikTok! Get ready folks, because this one is a doozy. TikTok user and entrepreneur @melanieduncan77 recently posted what she knew would be an unpopular opinion on the site — why aren’t schools more focused on the mental health of...
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Government Shuts Down Job Corps, Leaving Students Unsure Of The Future
Phynart Studio/E+/Getty Images Late last week, the Department of Labor announced a “phased pause” in operations of Job Corps, the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country, citing a lack of “meaningful results for both students and taxpayers.” Now, students are left with incomplete training and nearly-finished GEDs, unsure of next steps. Some...
New Jersey Law Would Give Parents Paid Time Off For School Events
SDI Productions/E+/Getty Images To be a parent is to agree to being pulled in a million directions basically all the time and never is that truer than at the end of the school year. You work? Well, that doesn’t stop the end of year concerts, plays, celebrations, graduations, school meetings, and other requirements of “Maycember.”...
Trump Administration Proposes Ending Child-Care Program For Parents In College
SDI Productions/E+/Getty Images Getting a degree isn’t easy. But for parents — who make up approximately 22% of undergraduates — getting that sheepskin can be particularly complicated. They must secure (and pay for) childcare during typical work hours. Add college classes in the mix, to say nothing of having to do homework and study with...



