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TES | October 30, 2018

This month saw the launch of a petition by UK charity Our Time (formerly the KidsTime Foundation) called "Being Seen and Heard" and supported by MPs across parties. Its research shows that parental mental illness as one of the "10 most powerful sources of toxic stress in young people and part of the cause of problems such as substance misuse and behavioural issues". Furthermore, evidence shows that 70 per cent of children whose parents have mental ill health go on to develop ...

Education Dive | November 27, 2018

The nonprofit MotherCoders is teaming up with Google to bring free tech training to mothers of all backgrounds in New York City through the city's Women.nyc initiative.The part-time, nine-week program is aimed at college-educated mothers with some work experience who want to re-enter the workforce, start a business or change careers. Onsite childcare is provided during the courses.MotherCoders courses usually cost about $7,000 per person, but Google is covering the cost of this program, repo...

PRWeb | January 16, 2020

A group of Florida Polytechnic University students has found work with a great company that offers hands-on experience, flexible hours, fun co-workers, and the kind of boss most people only dream of – themselves. Madd Technologies LLC, which stemmed from an idea friends had late one night, is a technology start-up helmed by Florida Poly students and focused on the consumer electronics and computer software markets. It provides services such as product design, website design, computer-aided...

educationdive | January 15, 2020

Individuals with bachelor's degrees will earn $400,000 more in their lifetimes than those with just a high school diploma, according to a new report from the College Board. College graduates who enrolled at age 18 and earned a degree in four years "can expect to earn enough relative to a high school graduate" by age 33 to make up for paying tuition and other costs and for being out of the workforce while in college, the report notes. The study comes as polls show some Americans are...