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PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

A 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small. Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. Credit: Getty Images.

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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

ED Surge

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us.

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Eligible but got nothing: Hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities blocked from college aid

The Hechinger Report

The backup in Milwaukee is so severe that it is not uncommon for people to wait six weeks to get a first appointment to begin the eligibility process, said Cathy Steffke, an advocacy specialist at Disability Rights Wisconsin. “I Statewide, 30 percent of casework-related staff left between 2012 and 2015, according to a state audit.

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New report gives Mississippi an F in regulatory oversight of for-profit colleges

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi’s regulatory oversight of for-profit colleges is weak, and the state does not do enough to protect students from these sometimes predatory institutions, according to a new national report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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As economy rebounds, state funding for higher education isn’t bouncing back

The Hechinger Report

Chantal Fulgencio had the bad timing to start as a freshman in the fall of 2012 at public East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. But with each successive recession, the peaks have been flatter and the valleys deeper, and by 2012 the inflation-adjusted per-student allocation had fallen to $6,177. Vincent Hughes (not pictured).

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In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Political Science Now

In 2012, Holdens biography was entered into the U.S. He was deeply engaged in public service and community advocacy, lending his voice and expertise to advance policies aimed at creating a more equitable society. Two years later, he was awarded an honorary L.H.D. degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary. Congressional Record.

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

At Stella and Charles Guttman Community College , which opened in 2012 as part of The City University of New York (CUNY) system, 26 percent of degree-seeking students in the fall of 2018 reported a disability with the Office of AccessABILITY Services.

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