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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. Generation Hope scholar alumna Lakeya and her two sons celebrating her graduation from Towson University in May 2019. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt. In recent years, as U.S. student loan debt climbed to $1.6
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2023
Decades of chronic underfunding is often at the root of the struggles in districts like Cleveland to serve high proportions of Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds, said Allison Rose Socol, a vice president at The Education Trust, an education advocacy group. Students lost between 3 and 14 months of learning.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 15, 2021
Half of Black borrowers who first entered college in the 2003 defaulted on their student loans within 12 years; the comparable figure for white students is 21 percent. Otherwise the interest builds, and you end up owing much more than what you borrowed in the first place.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 8, 2020
Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. A century ago, counselors didn’t spend much of their time on the mental health of students, or what’s known in schools as social-emotional learning.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
They found 1,362 fatalities in child care from 1985 through 2003, 75 percent of them in home-based care, both licensed and unlicensed. Child Care Aware, a national child care advocacy group, then took the issue on, releasing an analysis of state rules and regulations around safety every year from 2007 to 2013.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
About 76,000 black students learn in schools where they account for 90 percent or more of the enrollment. Related : Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? Since 2003, public schools in the state have only been fully funded twice. The town square anchors downtown Lexington. “You
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 1, 2021
Her principal balance of $2,712 grew to more than $4,600 by December of 2019. Brendan Mullican, a former student at Sam Houston State, served in the Navy for four years, including in the Middle East during the 2003 Iraq War. She found out belatedly that the loans couldn’t be used for summer classes at the university.
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