The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. In December 2013, there were 29 million people with some college education but no degree. These data alarm the experts, considering all the messaging about the need for postsecondary education. Economic motivation is a factor,” Ryu said. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. In New Brunswick, the province upped early childhood educator wages. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Our future economic vitality depends on this.”. Will jobs go begging?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

That compares to a national average of 69 percent, the National Center for Education Statistics reports. Higher Education. His students “can always choose to go to college later, and some of them do, but we want them to get that high school education. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 23, 2024

A growing set of teaching resources is posted there, often with very frank observations about whether an educator’s tool was effective or not. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The blog reflects an inclusive approach to voices and communities, focusing on empowering early career academics. Air Force Academy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report California has been a leader in prison education programs, starting with a 2014 rule authorizing state funding for community colleges to set up programs for students who are incarcerated. Offering prison education programs is key to community safety.” I’m trying,” she tells them.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Over the last few decades, our education system has consistently prioritized educating for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The United States spends $54 per student on those subjects, but only 5 cents per student on civics education. Or do we continue to be a country divided by race, education and class?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

If this sounds like an obvious way to close the gap between workforce demand and the supply of qualified graduates — and to maximize the benefits to students of an increasingly expensive higher education — it’s rarely undertaken in the way Montana has embraced it. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Like many cities across America, Lowell is struggling to find its economic footing as millions of blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and transportation disappear , subject to offshoring and automation. On the surface, American high schools are doing better than ever at educating young people. Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Instead, they’re working, socializing or partying and, as a result, show limited gains in critical thinking — the hallmark of American higher education. Between us, we’ve been covering higher education for years. And that has consequences for how much they learn in higher education. I’m Kirk Carapezza with GBH.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 30, 2025

After two decades, the dam is expected to finally start generating electricity in 2025 and be fully operational in 2026. They, like most downstream residents, belong to one of several socio-economically marginalized groups , which the Indian government designates as Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Portillo recounted this story in a quiet conference room on the pristine hilltop campus of Cornell University, from which she was about to graduate with a major in industrial labor relations and minors in education and equality studies. I know people don’t often think that there’s a bottom line, but there is.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Raised by educators in this tribal village at the base of the Grand Canyon, she started kindergarten a little ahead of her peers. Siyuja, now 22, wiped tears from her face as she sat alongside her mother and grandmother the educators of the family one afternoon last year in the Havasupai Tribal Council chambers. SUPAI, Ariz.

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ED Surge

APRIL 21, 2025

As Head Start leaders wait for the White House to release its fiscal year 2026 budget, which is reported to include a proposal for the outright elimination of Head Start, rural providers reckon with the resulting consequences their communities will endure. Its also proven to be cost-effective.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Education vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. He has championed investments in public education: For example, in March 2023, he signed a bill to make school meals free to all students in public schools. Harris, a former U.S.

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