Tag: high school
Working mothers scrambled when the schools shut their doors last spring, but they found ways to cope. The 2020-21 school year may push many of them over the edge. Last spring, one in four women nationwide who’d either quit their jobs or were laid off blamed the difficulties of working after the schools closed or…
In more than 30 states, completing a personal finance course is required for a high school degree. The requirement started gaining traction around the country in 2005, despite the long-running debate about whether the courses even work. A new study gets at whether high school instruction is effective by asking a fresh question: do t…