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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Already bilingual, he felt comfortable tackling the second half of his education in English. education system.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

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Gifting myself with an education is a part of my recovery,” said Nomi Badboy, 43, one of three students attending this week’s meeting of the school’s collegiate recovery program. Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely.

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Massachusetts Is Investing Big in Early Care and Education. It’s Paying Off.

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Five months after federal stabilization grants expired, deeper cracks are beginning to show in the early care and education sector. At a time when the field is suffering, leaving families, educators and providers across the country scrambling, the progress in Massachusetts is remarkable. We see more programs opening. “And

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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

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The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

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Like a handful of states, New Hampshire is taking the opportunity provided by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to revise its accountability measures to further individualize education. Claire Voorhees, national policy director, Foundation for Excellence in Education. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

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Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. At the state level, Maine passed a law two years ago to expand career-and-technical education to middle schools. Related: How to build an engineer: Start young. But we’re working on it.”.

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What Does ‘Career Readiness’ Look Like in Middle School?

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This story about career readiness was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.