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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

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Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. It reports enrolling 313 students this semester. Department of Education reports. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. It seems a bad time to start a university or college.

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Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?

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Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons. Instead, she cruised the hallways or read in the library. Overall, public school enrollment fell by 710,000 students between the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 school years in the 21 states plus Washington, D.C., Where did they go?

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The Prison to College Pipeline

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The Center for Hope and Redemption can be seen from the main entrance of Pollak Library at California State University, Fullerton. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report A significant percentage of these new students will face such substantial barriers that they won’t return for a second semester.

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

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A slim, poised young woman with waist-length hair, Viviana walked past the principal’s office, along the main hallway, and made a left into the building that houses the school library and the daycare. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. She motivates me a lot.”.

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

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Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report It was just the latest interruption in schooling that’s been characterized by near constant disruption. Deishangelxa was 10 when schools shut again in September 2022 — this time for two weeks. Department of Education report. Nothing could be salvaged.

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Is California saving higher education?

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Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.