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More Colleges Are Offering Income-Share Agreements. Are Students Buying In?

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Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. The company says it has since updated the information.) Part of the problem lies in the marketing language, which can border on hype.

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

The Hechinger Report

Enrollment at the beginning of the academic year just ended was up 13 percent from 2014 , to 2,038. Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. Three years after enrolling, one-third had quit, compared to about a quarter of students whose parents have a university degree, the Education Department reports.

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Why Getting Help for Kids with Dyslexia is Difficult

MindShift

The school tested him, and the report said Dayne had weaknesses “often seen in students diagnosed with reading disabilities including dyslexia.” When children are identified with dyslexia, public schools often lack staff with the appropriate training to help, according to several studies and reports.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

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Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. More than two-thirds of students reported feeling more confident when they’re at the Code Next lab.

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Colleges come under closer scrutiny for holding transcripts hostage over unpaid bills

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Stories like this are emerging nationwide in response to reporting about the long-standing but little-known practice under which students are prevented from obtaining their credits and degrees because they owe even small amounts of money to the universities and colleges they attended.

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Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds

The Hechinger Report

Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. What happened in our district should not have happened, but it did,” said John Brazeal, who joined the district as its chief financial officer in 2014. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. million in unnecessary interest payments.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report has spent a year exploring the elements of the Summit model, the extensive training process for schools that are new to the program and the twists and turns of implementation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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