The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Smith Howard has been advocating for years to have the federal government address shortened school days. But the government, so far, has stopped short of requiring that any data be collected on how often school districts take this action. In 2016, following requests from her group, the U.S. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Indeed in 2016 the federal government designated Tennessee’s VR grant “high risk” for most of the year, due to the state’s repeated inability to track how much money was being spent and on what. If you support people with disabilities in jobs that they want to do, they will actually be much less dependent on government services.”.

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APRIL 22, 2019

From 2007 to 2013 the district’s taxpayers had approved several bonds, totaling more than $46.6 In 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined a Missouri-based underwriting firm $200,000 for “improperly gifting” more than 2,000 tickets to sporting events. Some firms have gotten in trouble for going even further.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Kennedy School of Government, Victoria Dzindzichashvili pauses in the Harvard Square subway station and reflects on the decade it took her to get here. But not every student can make the leap to full-time status, said Karen Stout, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Achieving the Dream; many have neither the money nor the time.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Enrollment in these programs has increased by 72 percent and an estimated 4,903 children were served in 2019, up from 2,857 in 2013. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly. You can read more about PRE4CLE’s work in their five-year report, available here.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Yet only half of these eligible schools in Missouri chose to participate because the federal government doesn’t reimburse for the full cost of the meals until more than 62.5 students from 2013-14 before the community eligibility option went into effect nationwide through 2015-16 , its second year. During the same period, the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It It sends a message: The federal government does believe [physical education] should be part of a student’s education; it should be part of the school day.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

And from 2013 to 2016, the number of its graduates enrolling in associate or bachelor’s degree programs rose dramatically, from 28 percent to 47 percent, according to school officials. 47 percent of graduates at Meadowbrook High School in rural Ohio enrolled in associate or bachelor’s degree programs in 2016, up from 28 percent in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new. for the nonprofit.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

“It’s very difficult to compare Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse to New York City,” said Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), a left-leaning education advocacy group. Nearly half of Syracuse’s 20,000 students were suspended during the 2013-14 school year. But that’s easier said than done.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

One is that there’s no limit to how much the federal government will lend to graduate students to pay for school — they can borrow up to the entire cost of a program. It’s a simpler, more profitable market that also has an unlimited source of debt financing courtesy of the federal government.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The number of kids in foster care also started rising in 2013, Sprow said, ending a years-long decline. The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), a nonprofit child advocacy and research organization, has been fighting for more financial support for relatives caring for children outside of the formal system for years.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Related: Government data single out schools where low-income students fare worst. based policy and youth-advocacy organization. percent in 2013, the most recent year for which figures are available, said Ilia Cordero, assistant director of financial aid services. At Valencia, the student loan default rate has dropped from 20.3

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

Former state education commissioner Stephen Bowen was a cheerleader for the idea during his tenure at the Maine Department of Education from 2011 to 2013. Many teachers are skeptical of yet another in what seems like a series of endless “reforms” from the state government. Key tenets of proficiency-based learning.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t count on them to make their co-payments. About 40 percent of kids at Little Smiles Daycare, which Farias opened in 2013 and where she is the director, are on subsidies. They were still too high.

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APRIL 8, 2021

In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B. Many of the systems aimed at America’s youth are out of sync with the science, according to a report released in 2013 by the National Research Council. Juliet Moreno of Deming, N.M.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2017

Kennedy School of Government who has focused on antitrust policies, the idea evokes President Harry Truman’s tongue-in-cheek appeal for a one-handed economist. As many as 150 schools belonged to 24 groups that met each spring to compare notes in this way, according to the advocacy organization The Institute for College Access and Success.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Neither the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services nor the Government Accountability Office have audited the states to ensure they were following the reporting provisions, both offices confirmed. This is a situation where the government needs to step up and resource that, including state governments.”

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ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us González Camarena says that roughly 400 educators with DACA protection have gone through the teaching program since 2013. Indeed, it seems like an essential part of their advocacy.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Alonzo attended Russellville schools from 2008 to 2013. Grimes received a state award for his “remarkable contributions and tireless advocacy for English Learner funding in Alabama schools.” Thanks in part to his advocacy, the state now has instructional support for districts, 12 coaches and a state director of English learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The percentage of Seita students to graduate from Western Michigan has ranged from 24 to 44 percent for cohorts that started between 2008 and 2013, according to university administrators. Government programs have also freed up some financial support. Some proposed legislation would make foster youth eligible for food stamps. .

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

So, in 2013, the local United Way, which had been assisting this district with its preschool programming, made a deal with Goldman Sachs and the J.B. & These types of transactions enable private sector companies to be responsive to the requests from local/state government who have limited funding.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. The federal government has played a role in the growth of these charters by granting charter startup grants to schools without considering whether they will lead to increased segregation. Board of Education decision. Some black families, however, did join the school.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Internal government documents, watchdog reports and interviews with veterans’ policy advocates, government staffers and other officials suggest that little has been done to crack down on colleges accused of predatory behavior. The VA’s Office of Inspector General has estimated that, if oversight is not ramped up significantly, $2.3

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

School leaders have solicited donations from local manufacturing plants, energy firms, even the federal government. And a state push to fund schools more equitably with another tax measure failed in 2013. And their cash-strapped school district has struggled to provide them with even the most basic digital tools. The measure failed.

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Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The teacher preparation research group reports that in 2019, more than half of teacher training programs now teach the “Science of Reading,” compared to 35% just a few years ago, in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

based advocacy organization lobbying for anti-hunger programs. The rise in hunger comes down to two elements: need and access, said Kelley McDonough, a senior program manager for No Kid Hungry, an anti-hunger advocacy group. The federal government began buying surplus food for schoolchildren during the Great Depression.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2017

The government could use it to give larger scholarships or grants to students in state universities, colleges and technical schools. In fact, when I took office in 2011, some projections showed HOPE going bankrupt by 2013. Nearly $500 million is restricted to use only in the event of a funding shortfall.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

It’s still hard to get good teachers to come here and stay, with average teacher salaries at about $43,300 in Dillon in 2013-14, compared with more than $50,000 in the state’s more affluent districts, meaning any progress is tough to maintain. Teachers, we’re short of them,” Smith said. “We We have a lot of students in one class.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Administrators and government leaders pushing for reform also note that the stated mission of public universities is to provide an affordable education. The first in his family to go to college, he used the GI Bill to pay for classes that earned him a bachelor’s degree in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

Grove City College, which sued the federal government for linking accepting federal financial aid with following anti-discrimination rules. In the storm over how much money the federal government spends on student aid, and the spiraling amount of federal loan debt graduates face, Hillsdale College is an oasis.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2016

In a speech in Columbus, Ohio, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said high college costs are being propelled in part by the cost to universities of complying with government regulation, and cited a report that this expense was $150 million at Vanderbilt University alone. The details appear more nuanced.

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