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Albany, NY – Do an Internet search of women police officers discrimination; news stories from all over the country will pop up. California, Michigan, Alabama, New York: women who say they were doing their jobs file charges that they face sexual harassment and discrimination. Many of them quit. Debra Hartley, a grandmother from Pennsylvania, quit, too. But she didn't stop fighting. Earlier this month, she walked from her home in Effort, Pennsylvania to Washington, DC to call attention to the issue. I spoke with her as she was walking.
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Debra Hartley is no longer a cop. She's going back to school at the University of Pennsylvania and studying to be a lawyer.
What is an education worth? President Obama has called on Americans to go back to school. An education can be the difference between a struggle and a comfortable life. That's true in other parts of the world as well, countries where sometimes girls are an afterthought when it comes to the classroom. Washington correspondent Laura Iiyama reports on a new campaign to give girls a chance at the advantages an education can provide.
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To find out more, go to campaignforeducation.org.
Education's not cheap. And the cost of college has become prohibitive. So just how much should you spend? And if you're a parent, how far in debt should you go for your children? Personal finance expert Manisha Thakor has a simple formula to figure it out.
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Manisha Thakor is an author and personal finance expert who lives in Texas and New Mexico. To find out more, go to manishathakor.com.
And finally, sometimes flowers aren't just flowers. Sometimes they can be family. Commentator Megan Galbraith explains.
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Megan Galbraith is director of communications at the State University of New York at Albany.