College is the Goal. Will These Three Teenagers Get There?

Tune in for daily installments as The Times follows three teenagers in Topeka, Kan., on their quest to go to college. Today: Three moms try to shepherd their children into college: Charla Shaner, raising two gifted sons with limited resources; Tera Triggs, who never realized her own dream of going to college; Tracy Gary, pregnant in high school, now determined to save her daughter from the same fate. Click on the links at the bottom of each story to leave your comments, and see what other readers are saying. If you’re just joining us, see where the journey began.

・ From The New York Times