Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions. David Graeber speaks at a panel in 2012.

Anthropology 135

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 135

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

Whatever the reason a school has to close, something needs to fill the educational, economic, and social voids created by the closure. Leaders of Black-majority cities must have a plan to address pre-existing vacant properties and help communities heal after this current economic crisis.

Economics 144

Economics Archiving Tradition Government 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Only a handful of states, colored in blue, are predicted to see an increase in the number of students attending regional four-year colleges and universities between 2012 and 2029. But student demand is expected to grow for the nation’s most elite colleges and universities between 2012 and 2029. million in 2012 to 1.27

Economics 111

Economics High School Education 111

ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2023

As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.” An Unusual Backstory When MIT and Harvard each invested $30 million to start edX back in 2012, it was surprising news.

Economics 134

Economics Research Education Teaching 134

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Child care workers nationwide are worried about their own health, that of their families and their short- and long-term economic survival. Pearsall’s exhaustion is shared by providers across the country worried about their own health, that of their families and their short- and long-term economic survival.

Education 122

Education Economics History 122

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

rose from 29th place to 28th place, still in the bottom half of economically advanced nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international organization of 38 member countries that oversees the PISA exam. students in this lowest level has swelled; back in 2012, a little over a quarter of U.S.

Economics 145

Economics Elementary School History High School 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Chantal Fulgencio had the bad timing to start as a freshman in the fall of 2012 at public East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. Unlike after previous economic downturns, state spending on higher education has not bounced back as the economy rebounds. Vincent Hughes (not pictured). Photo: Chantal Fulgencio.

Education 107

Education Political Science Advocacy Economics 107

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2021

From 1993 to 2012, the share of students taking out loans to finance their degrees rose from roughly half to over two-thirds. This chart illuminates the results of Black people’s efforts to obtain economic equality, our lack of wealth and our need for federal aid. Not only are individuals saddled with debt, so are entire neighborhoods.

Economics 145

Economics History Research Education 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Among the 35 industrialized nations that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. In 2012 math scores deteriorated a few points. Among the 60 nations and regions that took the PISA test in both 2012 and 2015, the U.S. now ranks 31st. achievement didn’t improve.

Economics 0

Economics High School Teaching Education 0

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Toward the end of filling out the class, there would definitely be a push to look for more men to admit,” said Medley, who was in her role at Brandeis from 2012 to 2014. Brandeis accepted 44 percent of male applicants compared to 36 percent of female applicants in 2012-2013, according to data the university reports to the federal government.

Geography 145

Geography Private School Economics Government 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In Rockville Centre, tracked classes also led to racial and economic segregation in a high school where a fifth of the nearly 1,100 students are Black or Latino and the rest of the student body is nearly entirely white. 77 percent of public school students are economically disadvantaged. 1 predictor of college success.

Teaching 140

Teaching Economics High School Private School 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

Using endowments to avert layoffs also could help spur a faster economic recovery. During the 2008 financial crisis, university layoffs contributed to broader public-sector job cuts that undermined federal efforts to stimulate economic recovery. This would encourage universities to use their endowments to reduce growing inequities.

Sociology 107

Sociology Economics Education Research 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Temple has started a master’s degree in sport business, among the 41,446 degree or certificate programs colleges and universities have added since 2012. New programs are often tied to social, demographic and economic trends. Students walk on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. Photo: Matt Rourke/The Associated Press.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice Economics Government Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Another 2012 study also found that gifted instruction had no effect on achievement. But other researchers, including David Card, a University of California, Berkeley, economist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in economics in October 2021, have found that bright students of color especially benefit from being surrounded by high-achieving peers.

Research 145

Research Education Elementary School Critical Thinking 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Since 2012, U.S. from 36th to 19th in the 2012 international rankings. The researchers conducted the same experiment in Shanghai, China, where students had posted the highest scores in the world on the actual 2012 PISA test. An educated workforce is supposedly a big predictor of a country’s income and annual growth.

Economics 88

Economics Research Public School High School 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Since its launch in 2012, the city’s high school graduation rate has climbed 15 points, to 64 percent, according to New York State education department figures , the highest rate the city has achieved in more than a decade. Since the Say Yes Buffalo launch in 2012, the city’s high school graduation rate has climbed 15 points, to 64 percent.

K-12 101

K-12 Public School High School Economics 101

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Economic Growth. UNESCO reports that to achieve and accelerate continuous economic growth, at least 40% of the population must be taught to read and write. Allington 2012. Just one additional year of school boosts an individual’s earnings by as much as 10%. The payoff for society is even greater. Bayless 2010. Robinson 2010.

Library 106

Library K-12 Sociology Economics 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2020

It has almost become de rigueur among chancellors and presidents in selling the value of their universities to the larger community to say that we are engines of economic development, and there’s scant evidence to support that.”. The economic development argument is tenuous at best and probably even less than tenuous,” Levine said.

Government 122

Government Economics Research History 122

Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

In 2012, Holdens biography was entered into the U.S. Dr. Mary Coleman is the former SVP and COO, Economic Mobility Pathways, Boston, Massachusetts (retired).Former Holden also received an honorary L.L.D. degree from Tuskegee University in 1985, and the Otto Wirth Award from the Roosevelt University Alumni Association in 1998.

Oral History 44

Oral History Political Science Social Justice Social Science 44

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

We needed to do a better job getting the word out,” said Van Ton-Quinlivan, the system’s vice chancellor for workforce and economic development. Skilled trades show among the highest potential among job categories, the economic-modeling company Emsi calculates. Other local companies and colleges have invested, too.

Economics 111

Economics High School Tradition Humanities 111

Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

Between 2012 and 2015, thousands of P2P platforms emerged, only to crumble within a few years, destroying the life savings of countless middle-class families. In 2012, they started selling wealth management products, the borrowers’ debts bundled by the platform, to the lenders. Meng’s experience was just one among millions.

Archiving 98

Archiving Anthropology Social Science Economics 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. But in the midst of his studies, he stumbled and had to retake an economics course.

Economics 143

Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 143

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At first, some Shuar people were hopeful about the economic opportunities promised to them. Since then, most of the promises that investors and government leaders made have soured; very little economic growth is visible among Shuar communities. A cloud of discord divided the communities affected by or dependent on mining.

Economics 129

Economics Government Leadership History 129

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2023

In 2012, when Luciano started teaching preschool, the median annual salary for IADT graduates in Chicago was just $25,000 ten years after graduating, and more than half of students with federal loans were either delinquent or in default five years after starting repayment. “It was just so demoralizing,” she said.

Government 139

Government Economics High School Teaching 139

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I’m president at Minerva University , established in 2012 and one of the few institutions of higher education that, in recent memory, has asked the question, “What would we build if we could build it from scratch?” prior to ever enrolling a student.

Humanities 104

Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 104

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

This imbalance has worsened since the economic downturn. Those schools boosted their spending on athletics by 112 percent above inflation from 2003-2004 to 2011-2012 according to the AAUP. In 2012 the average salary for Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches was $1.64 They don’t exist.”.

Economics 94

Economics Cultures Education 94

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Gallot graduated from Grambling in 1987 and leveraged his HBCU degrees (Juris Doctorate from Southern University in 1990) to become a state representative for the area in 2000 and state senator in 2012 before being installed as the tenth president of GSU in 2016. About half the nation’s HBCUs reside in majority-black cities.

Economics 81

Economics Civics History Research 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests. And if as a society, we are unable to help students recover, Venit, the education researcher, said he worries about a large-scale economic hit, and who will suffer the most in that worst-case scenario. This story also appeared in USA Today.

High School 134

High School Education K-12 Economics 134

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2024

In 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, began to allow eligible immigrants like myself to obtain work permits and Social Security numbers. I’ll never forget one response: An admissions counselor said I would have to contact the office for “special education accommodation” — as if immigration were a disability.

High School 121

High School Middle School Leadership Research 121

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2020

Students are choosing disciplines like business, economics and computer science – subjects they believe are better suited to the modern job market. The AHA launched the nationwide initiative in 2012 and called it “Tuning.”. The number of college students choosing to major in history has dropped dramatically over the past decade.

History 68

History Economics Humanities Teaching 68

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) first detected a negative relationship between computer usage in schools and student achievement on its 2012 tests known as PISA, or Program for International Student Assessment, which are taken by high school students around the world every three years.

Research 112

Research Critical Thinking Educational Technology Economics 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

That’s what they called it in Maine, where, in 2012, state officials mandated that every district adopt it, and then, in 2018, abandoned the requirement. Among them, just under 12 percent were considered economically disadvantaged, slightly more had some type of learning disability and 4 percent were English learners.

Elementary School 122

Elementary School Public School Tradition Private School 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Economic mobility and security across successive generations have been inaccessible to black communities. For instance, the families who lost the most in the foreclosure crisis were the same families who were denied Parent Plus loans in 2012 when a change was made to the underwriting criteria. Sources: American Community Survey, U.S.

Government 102

Government Economics History Research 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Just like any construction project, building a new college campus offers economic and educational opportunities through training and jobs to people without a postsecondary degree — something the black-majority population of New Orleans desperately needs. Not only should local newspapers and consumer protection groups follow the $9.4

Charter School 91

Charter School Government Economics Humanities 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2019

Paul, Minnesota, but dropped out because of health issues in 2012. “I The wage gap between black and white employees grew the most among those with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to a 2016 report from the Economic Policy Institute on race and salary earnings covering a 36-year period ending in 2016.

Economics 111

Economics Research High School Education 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2016

After years of promising to save money by streamlining operations, cutting duplicate staffs and maximizing purchasing power, some university systems have been forced by political pressure and economic realities to finally start doing it. From 1987 to 2012, it doubled, far outpacing the growth in the numbers of students and faculty.

Economics 111

Economics Research Government Humanities 111