Celebrate the winter residency of DeMar Walker; explore indigenous topics; attend a group therapy session at BLK Girl Space; learn what it takes to obtain a GED; and support a vendor market featuring local women-owned businesses.
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Quick action helps 39 displaced SDC students graduate on time
Thirty-nine students who were enrolled in the SDC/s high school equivalency diploma program were able to graduate on time, thanks to the quick work of others.
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Adult graduates finally get their day in the spotlight
About 225 adult students were honored last week for earning General Educational Development, or GED, certificates, High School Equivalency diplomas and Emerging Scholars diplomas during a special ceremony at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus.
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Local students struggle after changes to GED test
The number of students who passed their GED tests at Milwaukee’s four main testing sites nose-dived when a new, more challenging test was rolled out in 2014. It has been rising slowly since then, but is still fewer than one-fourth of the total who passed in 2013.
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Local testing centers prepare to administer new GED test
Testing centers across the city are preparing to administer the new computer-based GED exam, but considering its high cost, wonder how many students will sign up to take it.
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Pressure mounts for local GED students as deadline approaches
In less than two weeks, the current version of the GED exam will change and students who’ve passed some, but not all, the exams will have to start over.
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New test could force thousands to start over on GED exams
Educational and community advocates are working to notify people who’ve begun their GED exams but haven’t completed all five that they need to finish by Dec. 13, when a new testing system will go into effect.