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What a New Funding Model Means for Community Colleges in Texas
House Bill 8 awards funding based on student outcomes rather than school enrollment. By Alexandra Hart & Rhonda Fanning March 21, 2024 2:55 pm Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 8, a $683 million investment in community colleges. The measure changes the funding formula for two-year colleges, awarding money based on student outcomes rather…
Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.
By April Dembosky, KQED MARCH 20, 2024 Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor’s office. They endure the emotional torture of having to hold their child down as the clinician sticks them with one vaccine after another. “The first shots he got, I probably cried more…
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
By Amy Maxmen MARCH 12, 2024 Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of…
Wadesboro Coach Charged for Human Trafficking, Indecent Liberties with Children
By Evan Donovan and Andrew McMillan March 19, 2024 at 5:15 pm EDT ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — A local youth basketball coach is facing criminal charges in connection with a human trafficking investigation in Anson County, and authorities say there may be additional victims. According to the Anson County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, 30-year-old Jamoszio Burch was arrested…
Missing 3-Year-Old: Caregiver Faced Charges Relating to Human Trafficking in 2016
Newly obtained court documents detail troubled history between Jesse Vang and Elijah’s mother, Katrina Baur By Kendall Keys Updated: 10:12 PM CDT Mar 19, 2024 TWO RIVERS, Wis. — Tuesday marked one month in the search for missing 3-year-old Elijah Vue. The little boy vanished from Jesse Vang’s Two Rivers apartment on Feb. 20. According…
13 Men Arrested in Harris County Prostitution Operation
By FOX 26 Digital Published March 19, 2024 7:16pm CDT HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Thirteen men were arrested and charged as part of a prostitution investigation in Harris County on Tuesday. The multi-day operation conducted by deputies from Constable Mark Herman’s Office ended on Feb. 22, 2024, after officials confirmed 13 men between the ages of 20 to 60…
Human Trafficking Investigation Leads to Rescue of 4 Victims, 1 Arrest
Updated: 6:39 PM CDT Mar 19, 2024 PEARL, Miss. — Four victims were rescued, and one arrest was made as a result of a week-long human trafficking investigator training that culminated in an operation in Pearl. Attorney General Lynn Fitch made the announcement Tuesday. Fitch said her office held the training to help officers understand…
Bill Would Make Kindergarten Mandatory for Michigan Children
By Lori Higgins | March 12, 2024, 5:22pm CDT Lawmakers want to make kindergarten attendance mandatory in Michigan to improve academic achievement — and the head of the state’s largest district says such a requirement could also help address chronic absenteeism. Sen. Dayna Polehanki, a Democrat from Livonia who introduced a bill to make kindergarten mandatory, said it’s necessary…
Michigan’s High School Graduation Rate Increases for the Second Rear in a Row
By Isabel Lohman, Bridge Michigan and Lori Higgins | February 23, 2024, 5:19pm CST Michigan’s high school graduation rate was 81.77% in 2023, the second year in a row the rates have increased and a promising sign that students are continuing to recover from the disruptive pandemic. Last year’s graduation rate was 81.01%. The dropout rate declined slightly…