The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In 2021, Canada’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. That argument has helped build support, said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

But researchers are finding that the test-optional policy isn’t substantially raising the share of low-income students or students of color at colleges that have tried it. Others were less selective and some were larger research universities with graduate schools, such as American University in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

In the spring of 2021, $600 stood between Endele Wilson and his dream of achieving a teaching credential from Long Beach City College. million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Data and research show that access to college coursework while in high school increases college enrollment, success and graduation rates and has a positive impact on academic performance. Too often, though, that advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access despite state and local policies.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

By July 2021, 72 percent of undergraduates said that their awareness of social justice issues had increased over the preceding year, and just under half reported that their involvement in social justice efforts was impacting their career choices, according to a survey by Best Colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. million on TV ads in just the first quarter of 2021, up from $1.2 At Stride Inc.,

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

About 13% of children who qualified for assistance were accessing the program in 2021. Multiple advocacy organizations are pushing to increase the eligibility threshold for the program (now 150% of the federal poverty line). That same thinking must be applied to the people you're trying to convince to vote for this.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Through the local advocacy of several organizations, the community will have nine Spanish-speaking providers by this summer — including Aguilera. So we see this sort of segregation going on,” said Julia Mendez, a researcher for the center. I’m looking for another opportunity.’”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan in April 2021 to enable school districts and libraries to provide internet access and connected devices to students and educators during the pandemic. The homework gap could worsen for millions of U.S. The program received $7.17 Funding runs out on June 30. As of Dec.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many of the micro-credentials we launched in 2021 focus on topics such as learner variability, digital fluency, STEM, flexible mindsets, early literacy, and more. NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

That triggered a series of financial setbacks and, by October 2021, she owed more than $10,000 in back rent. Research continues to show the harmful impact of housing instability on kids’ learning: Each time students switch schools, for example, they are more likely to fall behind academically and less likely to graduate.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

The researchers begrudged the lack of attention math gets in schools compared to reading, but suddenly their rival discipline – reading – was providing a role model for action. This time, in math, special education researchers are taking the lead. They launched a website , an advocacy group and an auxiliary group for teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. —

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s September 2021 and as one of the district’s instructional technology content leaders, I have finally been given the green light to host in-person professional development (PD) for this group of eager teachers after months of meeting online. Behind the scenes of each classroom in our district, there are many hands at work.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. a proposal in President Joseph Biden’s Build Back Better legislation in 2021 — was dropped from the final version of the act. Could Milwaukee provide the answer?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2023

Aid from the most recent of the COVID-19 aid programs – the American Rescue Plan passed in 2021 – likely prevented 75,000 centers from permanently closing and preserved 3 million child care slots, according to researchers at The Century Foundation, a think tank.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2024

Council in 2021. The research firm Mathematica found that, by the end of 2022, the program’s initial payments had increased child care employment levels in Washington by about 100 additional educators, or 3 percent. That vision resulted in the pay equity fund, passed by the D.C. public school teachers with the same credentials.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Researchers characterized this subset of students as “non-submitters.” “Non-submitters” It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big increase in homeschooled students, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Homeschool Hub , a collection of homeschooling research and resources. McCoy published a survey of classical learning schools in 2021 for Manhattan Institute, which painted it as an “attractive option for parents.”

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. analysis of augmented 2021 American Community Survey data.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In February 2021, Los Angeles approved a reform initiative known as the Black Student Achievement Plan. A former public school teacher, his research interests include race, urban education and organizational change. million for a 5,000-student district.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

About 23 percent of Latino adults between the ages of 25 and 29 have a bachelor’s degree, compared to 45 percent of their white peers, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center report. It has six campuses in Michigan along with its online program.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Since then, researchers have taken closer looks at what role climate anxiety — also called climate doomism or eco-anxiety — plays in the overall mental health pressures that young people are facing. Climate anxiety isn’t a wholly new concept. Google saw a 565 percent increase in searches for the phrase a couple years ago.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Some research supports this view, but there’s no evidence to date that use of the protocols prevents school shootings. From September 2020 to April 2021, AJ sat at home, getting on average less than two hours of daily live interaction with teachers. In 2018 Congress allocated federal funds to train schools on threat assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

But the research evidence for reaping academic or other social benefits from after-school programs isn’t strong. Congress approved a majority of it – $122 billion – in March 2021 and required school administrators to submit plans for how they intend to spend it over three years. But there’s the possibility that they’re not.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Research says if students are behind in reading by the end of third grade, they are unlikely to ever catch up with their peers. The research on retention is mixed.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Schools investing in recovery programs do so without an abundance of research connecting the programs to improved student outcomes. The schools are pursuing their goals of serving more students, but the additional supports bring higher costs. The price tag is not the same,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2024

Colorado was the first state to ban legacy preference in 2021, and earlier this spring, Virginia became the second. McCoy for The Baltimore Banner) Research shows that elite colleges benefit from accepting legacy students. Legislators in California, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Connecticut are considering similar proposals.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Figures from the Pew Research Center show that Latinos are still vastly underrepresented in the science, math and technology workforce.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Her work focuses on the intersection of elite advocacy, courts, and public policy. Rachael Houston Rachael Houston completed her PhD from in political science from the University of Minnesota in 2021 and is now an Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. Her work focuses on the intersection of media and courts.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4 million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Early data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows college enrollments down this fall for the second year in a row. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It How do I want to contribute?’ ” Savitz-Romer said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Thirty-seven percent of students today transfer at least once in their college careers, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center , which tracks this; of those, nearly half change schools more than once. ” John Fink, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The consequences can extend beyond high school, researchers have found , with suspensions linked to lower college enrollment rates and increased involvement with the criminal justice system. Limited research exists on whether suspensions are an effective strategy for discouraging absenteeism.

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