Daily Lumina News 060922

There’s a shift in thinking about the path to career success—and a growing awareness that quality credentials, industry certifications, and registered apprenticeships can be a stepping stone to both a four-year degree and career advancement.
On this episode of Work in Progress, Jobs for the Future's Maria Flynn talks about non-traditional career pathways and the growth in skills-based hiring.

The class of 2022 made it almost halfway through high school before the pandemic. Sent home in March of their sophomore year, these students experienced educational challenges, pivots, and experiments while enduring every uncertainty of the COVID-19 era.
EdSurge recently caught up with a number of 2022 graduates to learn what they’re thinking about as their time in high school draws to a close.

In the United States, turning 21 is usually a reason to celebrate. But for 200,000 young people, adulthood catapults them into a bizarre legal limbo thanks to the Immigration Act of 1990.
That’s what happened to Eti Sinha and her twin sister, Eva. When they turned 21, they “aged out” of their parents’ family green card application. The Sinha sisters keep advocating for legal change, while holding on to their dream of a future here, in the only place they call home.

High-quality, short-term skills training programs can offer a quick route to good jobs and set people up for additional education and training. Yet, many short-term programs are not eligible for federal or state student grant aid, which can put them out of reach for the people who need and want them most.
A new initiative from the National Skills Coalition plans to change that.

When Dominique Alexander Lane struggled to pass math tests in third grade, her teacher told her that she was never going to get it.
Today, Lane has returned to Seibert Elementary, the Bakersfield school she attended as a child, through a teaching residency launched in the spring by Cal State Bakersfield. The Black Educator Teacher Residency aims to recruit Black teaching candidates, as well as transform the education system for Black students.

Nearly 18 months into the term of President Joe Biden, his administration continues to grapple with whether and how to provide blanket forgiveness to the more than 40 million people who hold nearly $1.6 trillion in student-loan debt.
While much of the discussion about loan forgiveness focuses on how much debt should be forgiven, Sameer Gadkaree of the Institute for College Access and Success says Congress needs to bolster student aid and to reform policies that punish students when their degrees do not pay off.