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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

The Hechinger Report

The program, called the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, is run by a national nonprofit, Active Minds, which advocates for college students mental health. In the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, she encourages students to think about what their communities need and what kinds of support they and their peers might benefit from.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

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Now that the firestorm has passed, some say the initial judgments were too harsh: The percentage of students enrolled in math classes in San Francisco beyond Algebra II increased from 2018 to 2021, according to data recently highlighted by detracking advocate Kentaro Iwasaki, founder of Concentric Math.

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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

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Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms. In 2018, Ohio adopted one such policy. The guidance is connected to MAP Growth , one of the nonprofit’s assessments.

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States want adults to return to college. Many roadblocks stand in the way

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By the summer of 2018, it had been more than 30 years since Maronda Mims had started her college journey. Shed earned credits from North Carolina State University and three different community colleges in New York and New Jersey.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. In a state where almost one-third of residents are Black, in 2018, only 8 percent of students at the flagship university were Black and only 3 percent were Black men.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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OPINION: Left out: Dreamers miss too may education opportunities that could change their lives

The Hechinger Report

Too often, though, that advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access despite state and local policies. Too often, advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access. Advocating for policy change is essential.

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