The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. As the country undergoes a period of historic racial reckoning, with nearly every sector of society examining its role in racial injustice, higher education needs to do the same. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

Some will have hard choices to make about where to spend the next phase of their education. Young people living away from home for the first time and enduring the new stress of higher education need and deserve all the support they can get. Many high school seniors are anxiously awaiting admissions decisions from their dream colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Will jobs go begging? Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

My parents always stressed how powerful an education is and how it is the key to success,” Keenan said. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. In higher education, colleges are using analytics to keep students enrolled and continue collecting tuition dollars.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This includes specific facts, theories, and principles that they have learned in past educational experiences or through personal pursuits.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. While BDEA’s approach to education may once have been a radical departure from the norm, experts say it’s gaining in popularity.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

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. Parents saw curriculums narrowing.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2018

Charles Quigley, executive director of the Center for Civic Education, says children grasp these concepts as early as kindergarten. “What’s the dropout rate in some places? ” And according to Jim Shon of the Hawaii Educational Policy Center, civics education needs to extend into college. Forty percent?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Brittany Jefferson says one of the hardest things about being incarcerated is not being around to help her children with their education. She tells them: “You only get one education, so you really need to be focusing hard if you want to do something successful in life.” Credit: Christine Zuniga. Read the series.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Since my parents didn’t get much education, it’s hard to talk to them about my schoolwork and applying to college, or how to plan my time and get everything done,” says Mariano Almanza, 18, pictured speaking with his Coronado High School guidance counselor, Colleen McElvogue. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In 2016 not a single child at “North,” as locals call it, tested proficient in math according to the state’s education department. Where North is now is part of a conscious effort to sabotage black education,” Fuller says. Fuller’s ideas revive a long-standing tradition of African-American educational self-reliance.

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