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In 1994, Pell Grant eligibility for students in state and federal prisons was eliminated as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Last year, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program to restore educational access for some of those individuals, improving their chances of successful and productive re-entry after they are released.
I recently learned about a school that I wish I’d known about years ago: Williamson College of the Trades. If you know of a young man (under the age of 20) who needs a postsecondary education but perhaps likes to work with his hands, this may be the school for him.
But now the College Board is opening up greater access for low income students. Those who take the SAT using a fee waiver (ask about SAT fee waivers at your child's high school) will soon be able to send their scores to an unlimited number of colleges.
At the John R. Rogers High School in Spokane, Washington, school leaders seem to agree, and have weeded out courses that didn’t prepare students for anything post-graduation. Its administrators are insisting that kids take Advanced Placement courses, four years of math, and four years of lab science. The entire city of Spokane is overhauling its K-12 curriculum so kids will do more research and learn better study skills.
The competition is unique in that it combines the traditional case competition with a technological component—requiring students to come up with at least one technology solution to the business case, which students learn once they arrive in Austin.
