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With the Help of Google and SF Muni, A Bus Sets Off to Serve City's High School Dropouts

Edsurge

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. Now, Good and his team are trying to solve a new problem: helping high school dropouts get their diplomas in the face of strict gang lines, rundown schools, and spotty internet. percent of which are high school dropouts.

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Nearly 36 percent of undergraduates who began college in 2003-04 were students whose parents had never attended college at all. That figure reflects dropout rates, too.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. This story about middle class mobility was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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