"Repeat after me: My child is not a failure if he or she starts out at a community college," says
Washington Post
reporter
Michelle Singletary
in her recent article
, "Community college should be a first choice, not a last resort."
As she correctly notes, saving money on tuition is more important than ever. Outstanding student loans for the first quarter of 2019 were $1.49 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit report.