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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

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But a new study shows that these higher education deserts affect some groups of students much differently than others. In other words, for low-income and underrepresented minority groups, living near a community college can be a crucial way to gain access to any higher education.

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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

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Clair School since 2016, is hardly alone in worrying about maths. But her report also noted that educators have been let down before by various initiatives that failed to make a change in the countrys math achievement scores. Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

Her parents wanted to get her a special education designation — and all the supports that came with it. The short answer, according to special education lawyers and advocates across the country, is no. Catherine Pearson, parent of a student in special education. But that doesn’t stop it from happening frequently.

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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

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The cuts “take away from us, our education.” Rural Americans already have far less access to higher education than their counterparts in cities and suburbs. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to Hechinger’s free biweekly higher education newsletter. That kind of frustration is growing.

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PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says

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An early warning and intervention system, called BARR, pictured above, was one of the most successful education interventions to come out of the Department of Education’s research and development program that issued $1.4 billion in grants between 2010 and 2016. The failure rate was 74 percent.

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How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

The Hechinger Report

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. The federal government invested a lot of money in new students,” said Shapiro. Ironically, funding for education plummeted.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Rural young people who aspire to a higher education have long had fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts, contributing to far lower rates of college-going. People in rural America already have far less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Kirk: And that situation has been getting worse, Jon.

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