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Photo Gallery: Working Towards a Better Life

This slideshow follows student Jose Franco's progress toward earning a GED.
The GED is undergoing a major overhaul to transform it into a path to postsecondary training rather than the end of formal education. This slideshow follows Jose Franco, 25, a student at the GED Bridge to Health program at La Guardia Community College in Long Island City, N.Y. Mr. Franco hopes to someday work in the medical profession.

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Photos by Melanie Burford for Education Week

A version of this article appeared in the November 17, 2010 edition of Education Week as Photo Gallery: Working Towards a Better Life