Daily Archives: May 20, 2014

Expenses for senior year of high school add up fast

The message on the Timber Creek High School website provided a gentle warning to the class of 2014: “The senior year is filled with many opportunities to make memories,” it read, “but unfortunately, these opportunities can become expensive.” With graduation ceremonies now looming, 12th-graders and their parents know all too well that senior year can…

Don’t Call Them Dropouts

The past decade has seen impressive growth in and commitment to helping more students graduate, fueled in part by a growing body of research on barriers. What has been missing from the current research, however, is a vibrant portrait of young people’s experiences gathered and reported in a way that deepens the national conversation about…