Work experiences are both paid and unpaid opportunities to work and practice career readiness skills. When work experiences are a part of a supervised program sponsored by an education or training organization that links knowledge gained at the worksite with a planned program of study, they are referred to as work-based learning opportunities. Work experiences […]
Miracle Treat Day
Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion—most of it $1 at a time—for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it’s needed the most. These donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all […]
Suicide Rates Among Young Black Boys on the Rise
Some very interesting developments have come to the surface that is overwhelmingly alarming to our local communities. Researchers were surprised to see increasing suicide rates among black children, especially boys. The rates of suicide among African-American children have doubled in the last two decades, surpassing the rates among white children, which dropped over the same […]