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

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a handful of individual states and schools have offered financial assistance to Native students. Oregon joined this list, beginning with the 2022-23 school year, when then-Gov.

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

The Hechinger Report

Louis, in the spring of 2022. After a fight broke out involving two of her children and other classmates in October 2022, Crawford and her lawyers say all five of her kids were placed on virtual learning. A single mom, Crawford left her longtime home of Memphis to get her family away from gun violence near their home.

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

The Hechinger Report

These issues can have a greater impact on Black male teachers and other teachers from underrepresented groups. In recent years, a movement against teaching “critical race theory” and the rise of groups like Moms for Liberty have galvanized white parents to target Black educators and literature that centers Black characters.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

No racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority here; 39 percent of residents are Hispanic, 38 percent are white, 14 percent are Asian and 6 percent are black. The group provides paid fellowships for students to spend a semester lobbying politicians on college costs. More than a quarter are immigrants.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. billion in revenue by 2022. ” asks the Pioneer Press. ”).