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Opinion: Here’s how to make sure low-income high school graduates don’t put off college indefinitely

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Related: A warning sign that the freshman class will shrink again in the fall of 2021. Colgate-Palmolive recently held a similar series of events for 1,800 high school students. For these students, the delay can derail any chance they have of getting a college degree.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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If you don't, you're in trouble,” he said seven years ago at an event hosted by Bloomberg. “As They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. go to college each year — more than 4 million graduated in 2021 alone. And he often uses the word “corrupt” to describe college. “If

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States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement

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12, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In Oklahoma, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the state on behalf of students, educators and civil right groups over House Bill 1775 , a law approved in 2021 that bans schools from teaching certain concepts related to race and gender. “We

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

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In August 2021, after successive waves of infection saw schools open and close, in-person schooling finally resumed for students on the island, but not for long. Puerto Rico’s student population has dropped by almost half in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021, a decline caused by disasters, mismanagement and migration.

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

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Santos took advantage of Dartmouth’s First Year Student Enrichment Program , which offers pre-orientation events, workshops, retreats and an array of supports. The class of 2021, according to the most recent data provided by the college, is 10 percent Latino and 9 percent black. Photo: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. And there’s more on for-profits and student loans in the research section below.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

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After that event, she completely just spiraled downward, couldn’t focus, and in class was often tearful.” Beth Hood, a social worker at High Point High School in Prince George’s County, says sometimes a child can seem OK but then something will trigger a flashback.