The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Enrique Ferna?ndez, Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. I’d like to stay where I was born.”

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. It’s just gotten worse.”.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.” For example, a federal program introduced in 2002 helps states make available up to $5,000 a year to help current and former foster students pay for postsecondary education.

System 110

System Study Policies Report 110