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OPINION: Our system steers most students toward attending college, but it is not realistic or even desirable for everyone

The Hechinger Report

That’s a decrease of 10 percentage points from 2023, Gallup says, and the prevailing emphasis on college preparation may be partly to blame. I’ve worked to advise college students and help them develop their leadership skills, and I know that counselors are doing their best. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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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!

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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

New Jersey had the nations lowest proportion roughly 2 percent of eligible students receiving these services in 2023. million who were eligible in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available. million in federal and state funds in 2023, the last year that complete data is available.

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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

The Hechinger Report

Just 43 percent of Alabama high schoolers who graduated in 2023 enrolled in one of the states public colleges the following fall. As of 2023, there were 405 students for every counselor in Alabamas public schools, well over the recommended ratio of 250 to 1.

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Math can be a path to success after prison

The Hechinger Report

Math literacy often contributes to economic success: A 2021 study of more than 5,500 adults found that participants made $4,062 more per year for each correct answer on an eight-question math test. Havens is still involved in the Prison Mathematics Project, but handed leadership of the program over to Jeffers in October 2023.

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Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Drexel surveys students a year after they graduate; 88 percent of those who responded in 2023 said they had landed a job in their field and about 48 percent received a job offer from one of their co-op employers, according to Faulstick, the university spokesperson. The other 30 hours were spent working as a barista.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

In September 2024, EdNCs early childhood team attended The Hunt Institute's 2024 Early Childhood Leadership Summit , which included teams from all 50 states comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, mayors, local elected leaders, and key early childhood system leaders. North Carolina has recently made similar investments.

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