The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As The Casey Foundation recently highlighted in our 2023 KIDS COUNT ® Data Book , shortcomings of the child care system already cost the country $122 billion a year in lost wages, tax revenue and productivity. averaged $10,600 a year in 2021, according to an analysis by the advocacy organization Child Care Aware.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By the end of spring 2023, about 40 percent of third graders achieved a “met expectations” or “exceeded expectations” score on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP. Research on retention laws in other states indicates Black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students are more likely to be retained. “We

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. He encouraged Black Americans to work as communities to create their own system of producers and consumers to fight against economic discrimination.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

But the funds ran out in September 2023. Particularly for states like West Virginia, a state with one of the highest poverty ratings and lowest economic opportunity rating. Her advocacy has started to take on a larger role in her life: She recently accepted a position as the executive director for the West Virginia Women’s Alliance.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

This roundtable will build upon the recent contributions in this idiom of Chambers (2019), Farrell et al (2022), Niemeyer et al (2023), and Minozzi et al (2023), with participants from the authors of all these papers. The final two papers focus on the equity implications of municipal boundaries and political fragmentation in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

million subsurface acres, a term pertaining to oil, gas, minerals, and other underground resources, which distributed $62 million to public institutions in 2023. Related: COLUMN: The world is waking up to education’s essential role in climate solutions In 2023, a wildfire swept the Flathead Reservation, just west of Flathead Lake.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saturday 2nd September 2023 New York, NY Credit : Amir Hamja/ The New York Times Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City. We focus on meaningful investments that provide local jobs and economic opportunity, along with sustainable community partnerships.”

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Coordinators Co-sponsors Below are the 2023 co-sponsors. Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. For more ideas , see the actions from June and August , 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. We are confirming continued co-sponsorship for 2024. Every action counts. Determine type of action.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. events in 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. For more ideas , see the actions from June and August , 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. The group can be any size. Determine type of action. There are a lot of options for organizing your event.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In December 2023, I attended an online seminar featuring the anthropologist Ghassan Hage , a leading expert on race and migration. In Israel, attacks on educators and students critical of the state have intensified since October 7, 2023. Unfortunately, Hage’s experience is far from unique right now.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

But for years after, the quest for a voucher would interfere with her quest for economic stability. In Ohio in 2023, for example, a family of three had to make less than $36,048 to get a voucher, while in Arkansas the cutoff that year was set about $17,000 higher at $ 53,161. She hoped it would only be a temporary setback.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“It looks good from the curb, but when you get inside you see that Black and brown people are worse off economically than in West Virginia — and no one wants to talk about it,” says Frank Brown, who heads Communities in Schools of Atlanta, an organization that runs dropout-prevention programs in Atlanta Public Schools.

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

Another poll earlier this year by the Small Business Majority, an advocacy organization with 85,000 members, had similar findings : A third have lost revenue and earnings because of employees’ child care challenges. In 2023, child care cost families $11,582 on average, according to Child Care Aware, a national advocacy organization.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

In the past, said Deborah Santiago, chief executive officer of the Hispanic advocacy organization Excelencia in Education, higher education institutions could hit their [enrollment] numbers without engaging this population. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly higher education newsletter.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7, 2023, Hamas attacks — but the unfolding genocide, including the destruction of Gaza’s public health infrastructure and the intentional creation of famine, must be condemned. Jews for Racial & Economic Justice’s “ Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to Our Movement.” Swift, hosted by Black Women Radicals on Oct 22, 2023.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The agency oversees law and justice across Indian Country, as well as agriculture, infrastructure, economic development and tribal governance. The eventual deal, signed in May 2023, established an $850,000 compensatory education fund for any student who attended Havasupai Elementary since 2011. case stretched beyond a year.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Louisiana Key Academy, for example, received $165,000 in special education funds in 2023, the most recent year for which data was available; including pandemic relief and school lunch money, federal funds made up 18 percent of the $11.6 million in revenue it reported that year. Still, the school has a B rating for student progress.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Since October 2023, reports of anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim attacks have increased in major U.S. This should come as no surprise: The National Rifle Association spends about US$3 million annually on direct gun rights lobbying that supports pro-gun political advocacy. —and what these shifts might mean for the 2024 presidential election.

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