{"id":21190,"date":"2023-09-01T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=21190"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:42:40","slug":"bc3-program-with-phenomenal-individual-attention-sets-fall-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-program-with-phenomenal-individual-attention-sets-fall-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"BC3 program with \u201cphenomenal\u201d individual attention sets fall lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21190\" class=\"elementor elementor-21190\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1930c32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1930c32\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4efd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d4efd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>(Butler, PA) Marcella Rogers was \u201cmortified\u201d on that February day when she began classes to prepare for tests to earn a commonwealth secondary school diploma.<\/p><p>\u201cI was embarrassed to be in that position,\u201d the 56-year-old Middlesex Township mother of three said. \u201cI was afraid I was not going to succeed.\u201d<\/p><p>During her senior year of high school, Rogers and her family moved from Dix Hills, N.Y., to Scottsdale, Ariz.<\/p><p>\u201cI didn\u2019t go back to school. It was late in the school year,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cWe were under the impression that I had fulfilled my high school graduation requirements, that I would be getting a diploma in the mail.<\/p><p>\u201cAnd that obviously wasn\u2019t the case. It never happened.\u201d<\/p><h3>\u201cYou have to have a high school diploma\u201d<\/h3><p>A dropout is a student who, for any reason other than death, leaves school before graduation without transferring to another school or institution, according to the state Department of Education.<\/p><p>Rogers, her husband and children moved in 2015 to Butler County, closer to relatives and where she found employment with an accounting firm. Three years ago she was hospitalized with COVID-19, and still suffers from its effects.<\/p><p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t work,\u201d she said. \u201cI had severe respiratory and cognitive setbacks. Everyone has to be a two-income family these days. I had a kid in college. I could not figure out any kind of work to do. So I knew I had to go back to school. But to go to college you have to have a high school diploma.\u201d<\/p><p>Rogers began high school equivalency classes in February with Butler County Community College\u2019s adult literacy program to prepare for tests to earn a commonwealth secondary school diploma.<\/p><p>\u201cThe individual attention,\u201d Rogers said, \u201cwas phenomenal. The teachers are able to personalize their training to your needs. They\u2019d show me the areas that I needed to work on. They found training material to give to me. 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class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe give them the confidence that they can achieve this. Our instructors are their biggest cheerleaders, and they help the students to be able to look beyond just getting their diploma ...\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Barb Gade, grant director,  BC3\u2019s adult literacy program<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0137888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0137888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rogers in April passed her fourth of four tests needed to earn a commonwealth secondary school diploma from the state Department of Education.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e1760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8e1760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21200\" alt=\"BC3_Adult literacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_a.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1000\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Marcella Rogers, 56, of Middlesex Township, right, adjusts a cap on a fellow student before a Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, graduation ceremony at Butler County Community College for those who earned a commonwealth secondary school diploma by taking high school equivalency classes offered by BC3\u2019s adult literacy program. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d68d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78d68d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe give them the confidence that they can achieve this,\u201d said Barb Gade, grant director of BC3\u2019s adult literacy program. \u201cOur instructors are their biggest cheerleaders, and they help the students to be able to look beyond just getting their diploma, to what they are going to do afterward. Many of our students have enrolled at BC3.\u201d<\/p><p>Fourteen students who had achieved commonwealth secondary school diplomas earned associate degrees or credit certificates in BC3\u2019s Class of 2023, according to Becky Smith, the college\u2019s director of records and registration.<\/p><p>Within days of passing her fourth test needed to achieve a commonwealth secondary school diploma, Rogers enrolled at BC3.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e1ca1 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"05e1ca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cEverybody has a story. Everybody has a reason for being there (in BC3\u2019s adult literacy program classes). And just seeing these people take that first step, come into the classroom, that\u2019s huge. It\u2019s really huge.\u201d \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Marcella Rogers, former BC3 adult literacy student<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae93f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae93f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21202\" alt=\"BC3_Adult literacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081523_BC3_Rogers_Marcella_c.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1000\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Marcella Rogers, 56, of Middlesex Township, speaks Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, during a graduation ceremony at Butler County Community College for those who earned commonwealth secondary school diplomas by taking high school equivalency classes offered by BC3\u2019s adult literacy program. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d93ecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d93ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>66 dropped out of county schools in 2021-2022<\/h3><p>She completed 12 credits this summer and said she has a 3.5 grade-point average. She is pursuing 15 credits this fall as a general studies student with the intention of applying to enter the college\u2019s selective-admissions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/health-care\/nursing.html\">registered nursing program<\/a> in 2024.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely confident now,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cI feel like I have been reborn through this process.\u201d<\/p><p>Sixty-six students dropped out of Butler County\u2019s seven public school districts during the 2021-2022 academic year, according to the most recent information available from the state Department of Education.<\/p><p>Reasons include having academic or behavioral problems, needing child care or disliking school, exceeding maximum school age or seeking employment, according to the state Department of Education.<\/p><p>\u201cEverybody has a story,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cEverybody has a reason for being there (in BC3\u2019s adult literacy program classes). And just seeing these people take that first step, come into the classroom, that\u2019s huge. It\u2019s really huge.\u201d<\/p><h3>BC3 has helped 550 earn diplomas since 2009<\/h3><p>Rogers was among the 25 Butler County students who achieved a commonwealth secondary school diploma through BC3\u2019s adult literacy program between July 1, 2022 and June 30, according to Gade.<\/p><p>Approximately 550 students have earned commonwealth secondary school diplomas through BC3\u2019s program in the past 14 years, Gade said.<\/p><p>Nearly 3,400 students obtained a commonwealth secondary school diploma through high school equivalency testing between July 1, 2022 and June 30, according to Whitney Newhouse, with the state Department of Education\u2019s division of adult education.<\/p><p>Beginning in mid-September, BC3\u2019s adult literacy program will offer high school equivalency classes at four locations and five English as a second language classes at two.<\/p><p>High school equivalency classes begin Sept. 11 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/campus\/cranberry\/index.html\">BC3 @ Cranberry<\/a> in Cranberry Township; and Sept. 12 on BC3\u2019s main campus in Butler Township; at Pennsylvania CareerLink Butler County, Butler; and at First United Methodist Church Ministry Center, Butler.<\/p><p>Beginner, intermediate, advanced and multi-level English as a second language classes begin Sept. 11 on the college\u2019s main campus and at BC3 @ Cranberry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d247ef0 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"d247ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThere are people in the program who couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t be able to afford it, so it\u2019s a big deal that it is free.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Marcella Rogers, former BC3 adult literacy student<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433022b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"433022b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21191\" alt=\"BC3_Adult literacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-750x507.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella-1140x770.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/081423_BC3_Rogers_Marcella.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1013\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Marcella Rogers, 56, of Middlesex Township, earned a commonwealth secondary school diploma by taking high school equivalency classes offered by Butler County Community College\u2019s adult literacy program. Rogers is shown Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, on BC3\u2019s main campus in Butler Township.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b6cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91b6cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sixty-six students are registered to take BC3\u2019s high school equivalency classes, and a record 68 to take its English as a second language classes.<\/p><p>Among the native languages of students registered for fall 2023 are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Ukrainian, Gade said.<\/p><p>All classes are free as a result of state Department of Education funding, Gade said.<\/p><p>BC3\u2019s adult literacy program has also benefited from five Luncheons for Literacy organized by the Butler Rotary Club PM. The most recent event in April raised a record $20,000. Funds help to cover the $7 cost of each of four General Educational Development Ready Test exams in language arts-reading and writing; mathematical reasoning, science; and social studies &#8212; and the $36 cost of each official subject area test.<\/p><p>\u201cI was extremely grateful the program was free, because of the state funding and local supporters,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cHad I had to pay for this, I never would have taken the chance on myself. I never would have made that investment because I really did not think that I was going to be able to succeed.<\/p><p>\u201cThere are people in the program who couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t be able to afford it, so it\u2019s a big deal that it is free.\u201d<\/p><h3>Diploma adds $171 to weekly earnings<\/h3><p>Median weekly earnings in 2022 for those without a high school diploma were $682, according to the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Weekly earnings for those with a diploma were $853 and with an associate degree, $1,005.<\/p><p>\u201cTheir earning potential,\u201d Gade said, \u201cgoes up exponentially.\u201d<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/scholarships.html\">BC3 Education Foundation<\/a> offers eight named scholarships specifically designated to BC3 students who have earned a commonwealth secondary school diploma, according to Bobbi Jo Cornetti, development coordinator for the BC3 Education Foundation. Amounts range from $400 to $1,000, Cornetti said.<\/p><p>BC3\u2019s adult literacy program also offers free courses in computers, financial literacy and essential skills.<\/p><p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/services\/adult-literacy.html\">bc3.edu\/adult-literacy<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Butler, PA) Marcella Rogers was \u201cmortified\u201d on that February day when she began classes to prepare for tests to earn a commonwealth secondary school diploma. \u201cI was embarrassed to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"TEC\\Tickets\\Commerce\\Module","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,218],"tags":[278,368,255,275,234,318,269,261,236,245,283,277,325],"post_folder":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21190"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21215,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21190\/revisions\/21215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21190"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=21190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}