Community colleges around the country are referred to (both lovingly and derisively) as the 13th grade by their students. The aptness of the moniker may be a product of the attitudes of the students; ...

rob wonderling Rob Wonderling, chairman of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education and president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, discusses idea of adding ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --A growing number of young adults in the Twin Cities need some help before they're able to enter the workforce. And without a job, most of these young people are left to rely on ...

KALAMAZOO – Kalamazoo County’s nine school districts are launching a new program in which students can earn a degree or certificate from Kalamazoo Valley Community College during a “13th grade” in ...

Sign up to get the best of Philly, every day. Governor Tom Corbett’s committee on postsecondary education studied the possibility of adding a 13th grade to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The young lady sat in our office, sharing a version of a story we’ve heard repeatedly. School had never come easy for the kind, ...

Wendy Pedroso has never liked math, but for most of elementary school and middle school, she got B's in the subject. It wasn't until ninth grade at Miami Southwest Senior High School, when Pedroso ...