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Another way college applications are rigged against low-income students

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — D’naysha Griggs has a careful strategy for squeezing in study time while babysitting her eight nieces and nephews. Griggs is a senior at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics high school. When she’s not babysitting, she’s working 20 hours a week as a sales associate at Modell’s Sporting Goods in Brooklyn.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding: Why are women locked out?

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future. We want to get the girls who never even thought of doing this,” she said. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. LITTLE SILVER, N.J. —

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. You can’t ask the computer questions. You can only ask the teacher because the teacher actually has a heart.”. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a decade. Her classes focus on computer systems networking; students earn certificates for jobs in fields like IT while also providing tech support to the high school. This story also appeared in Billy Penn.

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A new challenge for colleges: opioid-addicted students

The Hechinger Report

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — She dropped out of school and after what she describes as an “intentional overdose” in 2014, wound up in a rehab facility near the campus in New Brunswick, just down the street from fraternity row. Related: More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. Yet again this week, I’ve needed to update my post on the W-2 phishing scam victimizing school districts across the country.

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