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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

There are just a few weeks left until their big trip to Atlanta for a three-day event called the Junior Theater Festival, and they’re hoping to add another trophy to the assortment that fills the school’s front lobby. Yet, funding for the arts currently shows no sign of rebounding from cutbacks stemming from George W. Sit up straight!”

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

Edsurge

Instead of paying money to support people to go to college, this program would pay people to forgo college and instead jump right into building an ambitious company or organization. If you don't, you're in trouble,” he said seven years ago at an event hosted by Bloomberg. “As And he often uses the word “corrupt” to describe college. “If

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Related, via Salon : “ Silicon Valley ’s $300M donation to STEM educatio n is not what it seems.” Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” As Edsurge observes , “New CEO at Coursera Comes From Financial Tech, Not Higher Ed” – he was the co-founder of Financial Engines, a retirement planning company. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. ” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” ” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in. The student loan company has raised $1.88