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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

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Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S.

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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

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The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on?inequality

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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

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Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. This podcast about colleges using predictive analytics is produced by APM Reports. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. Data source: National Student Clearinghouse Graphic credit: Andy Kruse/APM Reports. This story was produced in partnership with American Public Media.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

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One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. It hurts employers, too, Fuller and his Harvard colleague, researcher Manjari Raman, found in their report. Lawrence Lanahan for The Hechinger Report. A ‘1-percent market’.

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Five-Way Merger Creates New Illuminate Education: Bringing K-12 Educators the Broadest Choice of Student Achievement and Personalized Learning Offerings

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Irvine, Lake Elsinore, and Santa Clara, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Centennial , CO (July 03, 2018) Illuminate Education , the company transforming K-12 instruction through education intelligence solutions, has merged with IO Education, SchoolCity, Alpine Achievement, and Key Data Systems (KDS). For more information, visit www.schoolcity.com.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

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Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story on school counselers is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring how schools can prepare young people for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

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“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Anyway, Techcrunch reports that “WeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy drive.” “My Flawed ISTE 2018 Journey Report,” writes Tim Stahmer.