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GED Class for The Wall Street Journal

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High-School Equivalency Degree Loses Its Dominant Position | More States Pick Alternatives to GED After Revamping Makes It Harder and Costlier for Test Takers

GED class instructor Marcia Leister, below, doesn’t like the updated GED test. From the article: “My students are extremely frustrated by the new test,” she said. “They are losing hope.” Read the article here.

 

Above: GED instructor Marcia Leister, standing in center, directs a class discussion at Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, Wash., this month.

V.A. Disability Claim Issues | Recent Work for The Wall Street Journal

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Ben Kesling of The Wall Street Journal wrote an important article about the recent issues with the Veterans Affairs department, including the spike in appeals claims coming in the wake of the mismanagement and long waits at VA hospitals. I spent some time today with Air Force veteran Ethan Reeves in Puyallup, Washington, who has spent years trying to get a disability claim approved. Some pictures are below and Ben’s story is online here. It will be in print tomorrow, July 8, 2014. Thanks for looking.