Adult education to be funded another year
Social studies and English as a second language instructor Alice Koskela checks on students Wednesday in the Adult Education Center at North Idaho College. The program, which offers GED testing and adult education resources, will have federal funding for another year after a narrow vote in the U.S. House and subsequent approval by the president.
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Paul Swanson works on a laptop Wednesday morning in the Adult Education Center at North Idaho College, where he is brushing up on algebra and computer literacy.
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Zachary Larsen of Post Falls works on transitional math as he studies to earn his GED diploma Wednesday in the Adult Education Center in Coeur d'Alene.
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After spending his working life watching the clock, punching in and out and living paycheck to paycheck, Paul Swanson is back in school.
“I’m 62 years old, a disabled veteran," Swanson, of Coeur d'Alene, said Wednesday morning. "I get $1,400 a month. I was hurt in the Navy."
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