The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Miriam Rollin, director of the Education Civil Rights Alliance, a collaborative convened by the National Center for Youth Law, saw the influx in federal dollars for Covid relief as an opportunity to make schools more supportive for students. Before the pandemic, she trained educators working with children who live in violent communities.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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. But she should act fast, the social worker urged, or the department might have to take action against her for “educational neglect.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. UPCEA’s eDesign Collaborative ), I spent hours doing my own personal research on my university’s open access policy and scouring the library website. Perhaps awareness is a buzzword, what we really need to do is educate.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Through their efforts, along with those of other outside arts organizations, they are introducing theater to more and younger participants, at an age when education experts say children are especially poised to benefit from it. Related: Can testing save arts education? Higher Education. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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GoConqr

OCTOBER 5, 2015

If newer technologies can foster creativity in students then educators must seriously think about how they can incorporate them into their classroom teaching strategies. If this imbalance isn’t a cause for concern among educators, it should be. When students don’t feel engaged, their education suffers. 277,000 tweets.

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Technology Classroom Learning Dropout 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

billion a year, collectively, in foregone tuition, according to a review of 1,669 institutions by the Educational Policy Institute. Some still don’t consider it their job, said Patricia Rieman, an associate professor of education at Carthage who is an advocate for, and was on the subcommittee that created, that school’s early-alert system.

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Training Report Dropout System 80

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Over the last decade, we’ve seen educational institutions—from K-12 schools to colleges and universities—make tremendous strides in seizing the opportunities that modern technologies provide. Here are the top five ways that the cloud is changing education today; many of them may surprise you.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Low-income students and those who are first in their families to enroll in higher education are particularly vulnerable. But the incoming Queens College junior has been trained by the nonprofit College Access: Research and Action (CARA) to help guide students like Tasnia through the transition to college.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But in this county of fewer than 19,000 residents, just 38 percent of recent high school graduates sought more education, according to the latest available data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Related: How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education. Rural ones.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Related: Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment. Department of Education , having a line on applicants ready to start as sophomores also helps those schools fill empty seats and beds and keep tuition coming in. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability. Higher education has long been viewed as the key to higher earnings and financial security. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early college access for later success.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The gifted program at Eve opened two years ago as a way to increase access to Buffalo’s disproportionately white, in-demand gifted and talented programs. Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. Inequity is the norm.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

About one-third of all black collegians earn degrees in either a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) field or in business, according to my analysis of integrated post-secondary education data system (IPEDS), the national dataset of college outcomes. Maybe they shouldn’t choose between education and business.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Enoch Jemmott’s shot at a college education depends entirely on a football scholarship, along with tracking down the financial aid documents he needs from his homeless mother. Christine Rodriguez can go to college only if she convinces her reluctant mother that girls deserve the same chance at higher education as boys. BROOKLYN, N.Y.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

T his story about foster care and higher education was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. KALAMAZOO, Mich.

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System Study Policies Report 110

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Related, via Salon : “ Silicon Valley ’s $300M donation to STEM educatio n is not what it seems.” ” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

As Louisiana struggles to balance its budget in face of a nearly $1 billion shortfall, lawmakers face a stark choice: Shrink a program that once made the state a national model in education, or end it entirely. A college education for everyone’. Higher Education. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 80

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” “Not An Advocate for Students or the Public Interest” – historian Sherman Dorn on “ Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.” billion from the Department of Education. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “To Understand Betsy DeVos ’s Educational Views, View Her Education,” says The New York Times. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A Task Force With Falwell Is Happening, White House Says.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Education Politics. Details about the education-related elements of his speech from NPR , The New York Times , Education Week , and The Washington Post. ” More on changing her tune from The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” Here it is: the worst education “take” of the year.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” “Dear Mrs. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students? ” Immigration and Education.

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That makes Montana’s so-called 6-mill levy a referendum not just on one state’s local property tax rate, but on the national mood toward higher education. Every one of those dollars that goes into investment for higher education has to come from some other place,” Burnett said. The taxpayer has to decide which is the best use.”.

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