My decision to participate in Minnesota’s Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program has been the most defining aspect of my high school experience.
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On Wednesday, August 26, education activists and organizations around the country are staging a national day of action, demanding that every student have a
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I desperately want to return to school in the fall and be with my kids. In the most non-melodramatic, non-trivial way possible—I am lost without them. I im
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