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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low achievement levels of 2022, which many educators had hoped would be a nadir. Source: NAEP 2024 The chart above shows that the math scores of all eighth graders fell between 2019 and 2022. More than two-thirds of students in the bottom 25 percent are economically disadvantaged.

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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Sapiens

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. In Ecuador, this has created a boom that is changing the economic fortunes of many Indigenous Amazonians. This article was originally published at YES!

Economics 113
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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Marks on this trunk reveal traces of wooden plugs used in traditional honey harvesting.

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Most college students are taking online classes, but they’re paying just as much as in-person students

The Hechinger Report

Online education is another revenue stream from a different market, said Duha Altindag, an associate professor of economics at Auburn University who has studied online programs. The figures are for the period ending in 2022, the most recent for which they have been widely submitted. Graduate students often subsidize undergrads.

Economics 116
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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

During the 2022-23 school year, nearly 2.5 Figures released last week show that dual enrollment grew another 7 percent in the fall of 2024 from a year earlier, even as the number of traditional college freshmen fell. Dual enrollment is exploding. That’s up from 1.5 That’s up from 1.5

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Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

The Hechinger Report

Her developmental disability prevented her from attending a traditional college, but she took courses online and became a librarians assistant at a public library in Long Island. That number dropped to 10 states in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available. They know what their strengths are.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

In order to understand the significance of microcredentials, their ability to help meet workforce demands , and the dilemma these short-term credentials are causing to traditional higher education, we must first walk through the ways college has evolved during its nearly 400 years of history in our nation. According to historian Benjamin T.

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