The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2019

. It happens all the time: You work hard all of your young life to achieve admission to an elite educational institution with very high standards, and when you finally get there, you are welcomed with some version of, “How lucky you are to be here! So how do we make admissions equally lucky for everybody? Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Fourteen-year-old Vida Mendoza, a ninth grader at Life Academy in Oakland, California, has campaigned for a ballot measure that would lower the voting age to 16 for the city’s school board elections. The committees are different from traditional student government, she said, because any student can join.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This story also appeared in High Country News. It would be a drive of nearly four hours from the outskirts of Denver to a sparsely populated corner of Colorado where the flat skyline bleeds into Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas. All of it was destined for rural schools. Why don’t people who live there, teach there?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Critics respond that replacing traditional A to F grades with new forms of assessments is like a college-level version of participation trophies. Other realities also make it hard to change the longstanding tradition of letter grades. Even car insurance companies give “good-grades discounts” to student-age drivers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

So Mark Nelson and I started down of this path of saying, "Well, what is peace in this age—this digital age?" And of course the news of Cambridge Analytica using people's psychographic data, I think that came as a huge shock to most people. They are certainly persuading the decisions around admissions.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

So is new competition from community colleges in some states and regions that have been made tuition-free; those schools are seen as sources of potential transfer candidates for bachelor’s degrees. The University of La Verne near Los Angeles. That’s just under 10 percent of its enrollment.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

Purdue leaders, meanwhile, say that Kaplan has better outcomes than other for-profits and that it serves an important audience of adult students who aren’t able to go to a traditional campus. The ownership structure of this new online entity, which is called Purdue University Global, gets confusing.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

million acres sprawling across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Yet on the morning of the SAT college admissions exam, Nachae drives to the testing site from his home near Chinle, Arizona, looks around – and drives away. “I In 2017, barely a fifth of American Indian and Alaska Native adults ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

More than 400 colleges and universities still had seats available for freshmen and transfer students after the traditional May 1 deadline to enroll for this fall, the National Association for College Admission Counseling reports. Related: Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

Five , given the fact that public policy regimes (regulations and laws) are routinely challenged by the introduction of new technologies, some will be interested in tracking the development and implementation of blockchain-related policy in DC and the states (and around the world). Student mobility within and across states is a big issue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Roosevelt Montás, who spoke no English when he arrived in New York City at age 12 from the Dominican Republic, leads Columbia University’s Freedom and Citizenship summer program for New York City high school students. More engaging than traditional summer school. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. Research shows links between language learning and other enhancements — more flexible thinking, greater empathy, protection against age-related cognitive decline — although findings are hardly robust. The bad news? is in trouble. Is this approach an answer? They’re still behind.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

But at the nation’s most selective schools, where most students follow the traditional pipeline from high school to a degree within four years — and from which many go on to leadership roles in government and industry — veterans like Fendler are an anomaly. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This story about youth activism was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The committees are different from traditional student government, she said, because any student can join. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. OAKLAND, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

Desravines argues that by focusing on mindset, a willingness to share leadership with other adults and a proven track record of success, his organization can do a better job of picking future leaders than if it stuck to traditional measures like GPAs and the relative prestige of candidates’ alma maters. Read more about early education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Accustomed to hitting the books daily for their classes, Hedrick said, students learn faster than traditional call-center employees. For an age group more at ease typing into a phone than speaking , the EAW experience may help strengthen office skills. “I 488 — Number of students employed through the EAW program at four universities.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

That’s partly because schools have historically focused more on recruiting students than on keeping them, said Alan Seidman, founder and director of the Center for the Study of College Student Retention, who once worked as an admissions director. The bad news? Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We''ll be talking about Mozilla''s Open Badges project , the issues around recognizing skills and achievements that happen outside of traditional learning institutions, and the HASTAC Badges Competition: Badges For Lifelong Learning. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. Project Ideas for Student Council on Technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

While Southern has a long tradition of sending students straight into the workforce, many Kentucky schools have only recently entered the business of preparing students for “middle-skilled” jobs — positions that require more than a high school diploma, but less than a bachelor’s degree. “If It’s about creating opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Pierre-Floyd and I are the same age. On her screen, New Orleans grew smaller, then, for a few seconds, all Endiah could see was a vast, inscrutable white. wo decades ago, when Pierre-Floyd was Endiah’s age and the levees had not yet broken, New Orleans had one of the most poorly ranked public school systems in the country.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

But in an effort to create a variety of programs to attract a range of academic achievers, the county-run model’s admissions process has produced a stratified system in which some of the elite vocational academies enroll a student body that’s significantly less diverse than the population of the schools’ home counties.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

In 1978, just a few years before Helgeson’s birth, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act became law, finally affirming the right of country’s indigenous people to access sacred sites, worship in traditional ceremonies and use materials they consider sacred artifacts, like eagle bones, that are restricted to non-Indians.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Helen Kinchin, who just graduated with a degree in applied bioscience from CU Coventry at age 36 and is moving on to get a Ph.D. Though some students come straight from high school or after a gap year, the average age is 35. The ruins were left standing as a memorial beside the new cathedral, built next door.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

John, director of admissions and financial aid at Wellesley, said that financial aid officers have competing pressures that can make early and clear communication difficult. John, who will soon join Harvard as director of admissions, has worked in this field for nearly 25 years. But Joy St. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

The other program, the Honors College, has existed for decades; in 2016 it retooled its admissions strategy to attract students with a wider range of academic interests. They range in age from their teens to their late 40s; some have served time in prison, and many balance their studies with family obligations. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

FIRST STEP TO THE MIDDLE CLASS: More than 27 million Americans age 25 or older don’t have a high school diploma or GED, the basic credential needed to qualify for nearly 80 percent of jobs in this country. Two charter schools opened in 2000 and have been attracting white students away from the traditional schools ever since.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2019

His grandfather was denied admission to the University of West Virginia, still an all white school after World War II. In 2011, he became the first black economist to earn tenure at the University of California, Berkeley, and as of May 2019, at age 46, he’s a full professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at Berkeley.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Young people may also be arriving at the university more academically prepared: Since 2005, Twin Cities’ admissions rate has dropped significantly. And in 2017, barely a fifth of American Indian and Alaska Native adults ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college, the lowest of any subgroup. Photo: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! Mexico border.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the traditional classroom model in which teachers dispense knowledge from the front of the room and measure progress with tests. It’s a balancing act.

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MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

This story about project-based learning was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. At the city’s project-based schools, the student experience is markedly different from that in more traditional high schools. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2018

Children are given priority admission based on factors like family income and whether they have a disability. Teachers of infants and toddlers stay with the same children from age 6 weeks to 3 years, ensuring they know each child’s family circumstances and dynamics well. You have us and we have you.”.

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Hubbli

JULY 4, 2016

How frustrating are unresponsive websites that seem to be stuck in the golden age of dial-up? A destination website in this day and age has to accommodate visitors from mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets. Parents in the digital age want their children in technology-focused environments. Mobile-Friendly Optimization.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — The students in the crowded hall fall silent as Darlene Speidel, an elder and “knowledge keeper” of native traditions, says a prayer in the Lakota language over soup and bannock, a kind of flat bread. “It Photo: Liam Richards. That’s double and triple the proportion of non-indigenous Canadians, respectively.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

More than 300 colleges and universities ended the admission season this year with vacancies remaining for freshmen and transfer students, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports. They want to portray to this traditional market that they’re actually not biased toward these particular schools. “It

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. Ricky Taylor came to the new charter school for first grade after struggling in kindergarten. His son now attends Clarksdale Collegiate.).

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