The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2019

Amarachi Orakwue stands beside her poster summarizing research that she worked on at the Mayo Clinic, taken at the 2018 Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Indianapolis. billion economic development initiative centered on health and wellness. Photo courtesy of Amarachi Orakwue. The university has almost no adjuncts.

Tutoring 111

Tutoring Sociology K-12 Research 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Districts across the country have been ramping up career education programs spurred, in part, by federal legislation updated in 2018 that provides funding for career education (commonly referred to as Perkins V ), said Matt Giani, a research associate professor in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies education policy.

Elementary School 135

Elementary School Education Middle School K-12 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2018

Chantel Brown, a Brown University graduate, works at The Parthenon Group on March 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. New research backs up the idea that low-income first gens experience familiar economic, social, and cultural barriers when they get to the workplace. Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor.

Economics 104

Economics Sociology Cultures Anthropology 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The economic futures of African Americans without a high school diploma are especially bleak. By 2018, that number had increased to 75 percent, but was still far below the white graduation rate of 90 percent. When Jacobs received her staff list in the summer of 2018, she had 43 teachers and 10 vacancies.

Charter School 80

Charter School Elementary School High School Tradition 80

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

“Income segregation creates districts of concentrated poverty or affluence, but high-income black families may be less likely than high-income white families to live in the affluent districts created by income segregation,” according to 2018 research published by the American Sociological Association.

Sociology 111

Sociology Economics Middle School Government 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

A college education is supposed to accelerate economic mobility, not throttle it. percent more debt than their white peers, according to a 2018 article in the Journal of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. With 45 million borrowers owing $1.5 ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images. Black students struggle with 85.8

Sociology 82

Sociology Economics High School Education 82

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2023

At least 42 states have enacted student loan repayment or forgiveness programs since 2018, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. At least 42 states have enacted student loan repayment or forgiveness programs since 2018, mostly for professionals in specific areas of shortages or who agree to work in under-served areas.

Economics 142

Economics Sociology High School Humanities 142

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.

Humanities 145

Humanities Archiving Oral History Pedagogy 145