SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — Several TikTok stars including Macy Nicole, Officer Eduy, Big Phat and Keith Smith are helping the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office raise money for the Children’s Advocacy Center. The center is a nonprofit organization that “works in conjunction with local police, child protection services, the county attorney’s office, victim advocates, and
The U.S. Department of Education is in the midst of a disastrous roll-out of a reworked Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) website, where students go to apply for federal financial aid for college. In fact, it’s been so bad that colleges haven’t been able to send out financial aid award notices leaving students uncertain about
A bipartisan compromise to expand the child tax credit and restore some corporate tax breaks looks like it may wither under opposition from Senate Republican leadership, dooming the measure even though the House passed it with a huge majority this year. The Senate’s top Republican tax writer, Mike Crapo (Idaho), opposes the bill, as do
A recent national study found Washington falls behind in preschool access compared with other states, reinforcing the assertion from local education leaders that the demand for early-learning programs has far outpaced funding. The National Institute for Early Education Research report found in the 2022-2023 school year, Washington’s two state-funded preschool programs — Early Childhood Education
Key Takeaways The top five states for teachers are Washington, Utah, Minnesota, Virginia and Massachusetts. The five worst states for teachers are Missouri, New Mexico, Kentucky, West Virginia and Mississippi. Many open teaching positions are not new positions but rather ones that must be filled after teachers have retired or changed careers. Issues such as
OLEH* AND OLENA’S* STORY. Four-year-old friends Oleh and Olena live in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. Despite their young age, they are no strangers to air raids. A few times a day, the children have to hide in shelters from the air raids. To make children evacuate promptly, teachers have created playful drills. During alarms, they turn
After more than six months of war, the children of the Gaza Strip have many questions their parents cannot answer. When will the war stop? How many more nights will they sleep on the floor? When can they go back to school? Some still ask after classmates who have been killed. The adults don’t know
A program that began in Kentucky as a novel idea to rebuild the early childhood workforce — and, in effect, buoy the broader labor market — has quickly spread to states across the country. To draw early educators back into classrooms, legislators in the Bluegrass State made a change in fall 2022 that expanded the