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This is a question that, in my opinion, must be asked by all parents who have college bound students. The problem of college costs must be viewed as a business or investment proposition.
You have to take a look at what the return on investment is going to be. This is important because the cost of a college "investment" versus what that degree will provide in an income has changed dramatically over the years.
Let me give you an example...
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As a country, we aren't moving-figuratively or literally. Kids' access to physical education has declined in the name of
classroom time.
It seems counter intuitive to think that less classroom time and more outdoor play would lead to a better education for kids. After all, what many in our country have prescribed are longer days in the classroom.
But longer days on task don't equate to better results. Instead, they translate into more burnout, lower test scores, and more of the same. All work and no play really does make dull boys and girls.
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SACRAMENTO -- The state Board of Education has approved three options for those seeking to earn high school equivalency certificates, which include both computer-based and paper and pencil tests.
The state will continue to allow local testing centers to administer the well-known General Educational Development, or GED tests, which converted to all new computer-based exams this year. In addition, testing centers can now administer the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC, and the High School Equivalency Test, or HiSET. Both the TASC and HiSET exams can be taken using paper and pencil or computers.
The 2002 paper and pencil GED tests are being phased out and can only be taken by people who need special accommodations or who are incarcerated.
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