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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Oregon joined this list, beginning with the 2022-23 school year, when then-Gov. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. The program helped the school retain its Native students during the pandemic at higher rates than the national average, according to Marcus Wolf, a university spokesperson.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Inconsistent cell phone access isn’t uncommon among low-income Americans. Then, in Summer 2022, the school unenrolled her children because their lease had expired. But it was also about race and class.”

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. Louis, in the spring of 2022. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. Louis area home on June 10, 2023.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked. I never really wanted to go from school to school.”. Credit: Grace Beahm Alford/Staff.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

The goal, writes historian John Aubrey Douglass, was “broad access combined with the development of high quality, mission differentiated, and affordable higher education institutions.”. It’s one example of the many ways that California is taking on seemingly intractable problems that are plaguing higher education nationwide.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? .” $100,000.