The Student Center hums with activity, with rising eighth graders chattering and laughing. Booklets rustle in eager hands as students weave past booths, asking teachers and representatives. about the various...

Hospitals and check ups. Nurses and doctors. Needles and medications. These are the things she looks forward to doing, but she’s getting the opportunity to do them almost everyday in a class at school....

The decision must be made once again. A yellow paper with hundreds of choices rests on the table. There’s an academic adviser at the front of the room speaking, but most of what she says is a blur. It’s...