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Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. government terms “persistent poverty,” meaning that it has had poverty rates at or exceeding 20 percent for over 30 years. MANCHESTER, Ky.—

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Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer. ” Research, “Research,” and Reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. million total.

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“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” That’s Kaplan University and the Art Institutes. More on the Kaplan news via The Chronicle of Higher Education. Via The New York Times : “ Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1

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Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. .” Via Education Week : “ ESSA Point Man Jason Botel to Leave Education Dept. Post, Sources Say.”

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Still more education news from the UK: “ Sam Gyimah replaces Jo Johnson as universities minister ,” The Times Higher Education reports. Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. Lots of very excited and uncritical reporting on the new charter school on Oracle’s campus.

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Via Chalkbeat : “Secret CPS report spotlights big vacancies, lopsided options for students.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Sounds legit.

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.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Immigration and Education.