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‘A second prison’: People face hidden dead ends when they pursue a range of careers post-incarceration

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Jesse Wiese spent seven years in prison; when he left the Iowa facility in 2006, he thought his debt to society had been paid. Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report Wiese, now 45, went to prison for armed robbery of a bank. Such advocacy has bipartisan support.

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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

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Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. That, in turn, contributes to the fact that more than a third of students who start college still haven’t earned degrees after six years, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports , often piling up loan debt with no payoff.

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How Columbia’s $182 million property-tax break hurts New York

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Conrad/The New York Times “There was a time when Columbia really turned its back on where it was located,” Bollinger said in a 2006 interview with The Times. “I But some residents said the university ultimately hired few local residents, overlooked local companies for much of the work and has not been as welcoming to neighbors as promised. “It

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Scrutiny of colleges that get billions in GI Bill money remains mired in bureaucracy

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Zovio, Ashford’s parent company, declined to discuss Baca’s case unless he signed a waiver, but generally denied assertions that it improperly told veterans they were not eligible for GI Bill benefits. Photo: Peggy Peattie for The Hechinger Report. Related: Will colleges with sky-high default rates face consequences?

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

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As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb. His paltry education was much like that of dozens of other children in the GNETS system whose experiences this reporter researched.

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Should Wall Street pay for preschool?

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Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. Department of Education “Center of Excellence” in 2006 — by 3,500 seats over five years. In fact, after the first year, they reported a success rate of close to 99 percent. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. Public education should not be market-driven. Last year, the U.S.

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Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools

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Lake Oconee Academy was the brainchild of the Reynolds Lake Oconee real estate company. Photo: Terrell Clark/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Terrell Clark/The Hechinger Report. The charter was the creation of a real estate development company that is also the county’s largest employer, Reynolds Lake Oconee. GREENSBORO, Ga.

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