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Couch surfing, living in cars: Housing insecurity derails foster kids’ college dreams

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Citrus College was Kyshawna Johnson’s third attempt at higher education. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report But before dropping out a third time, Johnson connected with Jovenes Inc., Nationally, reports indicate that 20 to 40 percent of youth aging out of foster care lack stable housing.

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Student loan default rates inch down as for-profit sector contracts

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In September 2019 the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student aid released data showing two consecutive years of falling default rates. Higher Education. percent of students who graduated or left school during the 2009-10 year. More than 15 percent of these graduates and dropouts defaulted in both time periods.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Largely low-income, Hispanic and with parents whose own educations didn’t get past high school, the young people in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas started over the last decade doing something few of their predecessors had done: going to college. The number who went on to higher education inched up, to 57 percent from 56 percent. “We

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Department of Education. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. Department of Education says. And that’s when I said no.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. My parents always stressed how powerful an education is and how it is the key to success,” Keenan said. This podcast about colleges using predictive analytics is produced by APM Reports. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. Robinson’s grades were a little short of that.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. A rare brand-new nonprofit university, NewU has a comparatively low $16,500-a-year price that’s locked in for a student’s entire education and majors with interchangeable requirements so students don’t fall behind if they switch. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Through their efforts, along with those of other outside arts organizations, they are introducing theater to more and younger participants, at an age when education experts say children are especially poised to benefit from it. Related: Can testing save arts education? Weekly Update.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Thorsett is the president of Willamette University at a time the higher education sector is grappling with a historic enrollment decline and financial challenges that cry out not for incremental change, but for radical solutions. Business was flagging. Middle-class ones.

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Century-old ‘work college’ model regains popularity as student debt continues to increase

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez for The Hechinger Report. Higher Education”. Now the idea of a work college is drawing renewed interest, thanks to rising student debt, skepticism about the value of a liberal arts education and employer complaints that graduates aren’t prepared for jobs. Higher Education.” ASHEVILLE, N.C.

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Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students is ‘hurting their future’

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. He knew it would be easy; he said tests in his special education classes almost always were. Credit: Melissa Lyttle for HuffPost.

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

students attend blended classes on campus and take online courses from home, and district educators say a personalized learning solution has had a positive impact in a number of academic areas. Since the school opened, more than 500 PGA students have used Fuel Education curriculum.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

This story is a part of our Map to the Middle Class project, in which readers ask questions about educational pathways to financial stability and then we investigate. That timespan should look familiar: The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. Ryan Tillman-French, a developer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Boston.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report. CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Just eight states provided both comparable educational and comparable vocational services.

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Asking too much of high school graduates but not enough of businesses that employ them

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and the city’s Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson hope to raise a million dollars for the “ Learn. Chicago Public Schools have reported to the mayor’s office since 1995. Read more about education in New Orleans. To whom much is given, much is expected.”.

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Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high schools graduates will decline

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The nation’s colleges and universities will soon face a demographic reckoning: A new report projects that the total number of high school graduates will decline in the next two decades, while the percentage of lower-income and nonwhite students will increase. The Topic: Composition of future high school classes.

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Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The Hechinger Report traveled to three counties with very high numbers of adults without a high school credential to learn about the obstacles schools and families must overcome to provide and obtain this essential first step to a middle-class life. Photo: John Flavell for The Hechinger Report.

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Students, feeling nickel-and-dimed, force new scrutiny of college fees

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

Now add fees for student activities, fees for athletics, fees for building maintenance , fees for libraries — even fees for graduation, the bills for which often arrive just as students and their families thought they were finally done paying for their higher educations. Dropout rates have also fallen.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. Subscribe today!

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The United States faces a serious educational crisis. The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. In the first ten months of 2018, public educators quit at an average rate of 83 per 10,000 on staff. What subjects are losing the most educators? By Franklin Schargel. What grade levels are most affected?

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. PROVIDENCE, R.I. Weekly Update.

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More Democrats urging higher education reform

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2016

Higher education reform saw another bipartisan development this week, as a group of Democratic senators urged the federal government to pressure accrediting agencies. At the same time the Department of Education called for similar action. Once again we see Democrats pushing to change higher education.

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More Democrats urging higher education reform

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2016

Higher education reform saw another bipartisan development this week, as a group of Democratic senators urged the federal government to pressure accrediting agencies. At the same time the Department of Education called for similar action. Once again we see Democrats pushing to change higher education.

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After a tough but promising freshman year, Dartmouth student tackles change at elite campuses

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Photo: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: The Hechinger Report followed six students through the college application process last year at Match Charter High in Boston. are only half as likely, recent Education Trust data show. “We Realistically, education is the only way I have out.

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Couch surfing, living in cars: Housing insecurity derails foster kids’ college dreams

Student loan default rates inch down as for-profit sector contracts

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

Century-old ‘work college’ model regains popularity as student debt continues to increase

Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students is ‘hurting their future’

Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

Asking too much of high school graduates but not enough of businesses that employ them

Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high schools graduates will decline

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

Students, feeling nickel-and-dimed, force new scrutiny of college fees

In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

Who will Teach the Children?

The messy reality of personalized learning

More Democrats urging higher education reform

More Democrats urging higher education reform

After a tough but promising freshman year, Dartmouth student tackles change at elite campuses

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