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Math can be a path to success after prison

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” In 2015, Maxis completed a bachelors degree in math through the Bard Prison Initiative, an accredited college-in-prison program. Math literacy often contributes to economic success: A 2021 study of more than 5,500 adults found that participants made $4,062 more per year for each correct answer on an eight-question math test.

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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

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Moreover, those proficiency levels are closely tied to students’ family economic status and their entering levels of proficiency in English and math. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education and chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University. Related: Do U.S.

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Learn more about: Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

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He is a behavioral economist who uses economic theory and empirics to study topics in the intersection of economics, psychology, political science, sociology and anthropology.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

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Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors. Falling enrollment has already imperiled programs such as FIU’s African and African Diaspora Studies.

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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

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Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a politically conservative center for research on economic and social issues based at the university. In 2015 , students were asked if they had their own cell phone and an internet connection. Reardon is a professor at the Graduate School of Education.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

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Jon: But the decline in college opportunity for rural high school graduates is only widening social, economic and political divides between rural America and the rest of the country. They have an economic impact. West Virginia’s enrollment is down by 10 percent since 2015. Kirk: So how can we close these gaps? Philosophy.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

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With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. Will jobs go begging?