The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

More than 19 million undergraduate students are enrolled in colleges and universities for fall 2018, according to a report this week from the National Center for Education Statistics , and many of them are adults aged 25 and older. But higher education experts and other federal data tell a different story.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

They were notified that there was a spot for them in a nearby child care center that had recently signed on to a government-led initiative to lower parent fees to just $10 a day. Some continue to say the government should have no place in child care, arguing that it is a private responsibility. many lawmakers have balked at the cost.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2018

Employers in the United States, and countries worldwide, face a critical shortage of professionals trained in protecting corporate and government computer networks and systems from cyberattack. will grow 28 percent by 2026. Related: Can educating kids about unions prepare them for the future of work? Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2021

Of those currently enrolled, a fifth say they are likely to delay their graduation because of Covid-19, a Strada Education Network and Gallup survey found. The news of that big drop in community college enrollment is eliciting sympathy for students and prospective students who have delayed or slowed down their educations or dropped out.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

But it’s not the first time that lawmakers and education leaders have identified $60,000 as the magic number. In fact, in a number of regions across the country, first-year teachers are already being hired at that starting salary, thanks to recent pushes for better educator pay. So why a salary minimum? Money talks,” Hise says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

She began her college education in her early 20s, balancing it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. Keischa Taylor, who began her college education in her 20s, balanced it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. You’ve got this. You didn’t come this far to stop. It’s a rare success story. More than a third of the 40.4

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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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Living Geography

JANUARY 25, 2024

The President serves as Vice President (2024–5) in their first year and as an ex-officio member of Education Group. In the second year, as President (2025–6), they will also serve as the Chair of Education Group. Read the statements from the two candidates and vote for your preferred choice by the 26th of February.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

That’s according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which tracks these things. Kirk: You’re talking about 2026, when we’ll see the number of 18-year-olds drop precipitously because no one was having babies in 2008, during the Great Recession. It’s not going to be less.

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TCI

APRIL 2, 2024

The federal government has allocated approximately $190 billion through three rounds of funding, allowing schools to address learning loss, improve infrastructure, and enhance student well-being. This continuity of education ensures that students are well-prepared and motivated when returning to school.

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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

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s why Koehler is trying everything she can to retain and recruit students in the face of myriad complications, from racism to game theory, and why educators and policymakers elsewhere ought to care whether she and her staff of 24 succeed. That, in turn, can lead to fewer families signing up — and even less money.

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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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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t count on them to make their co-payments. All will need to be in compliance by 2026. State legislatures can choose to add funding beyond what the federal government has allocated, as states like New Mexico have done.

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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. We’re state government, we do what we do.’ With unemployment at 3.7

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Lori Raineri, president of the Sacramento-based independent public consulting company Government Financial Strategies, says she frequently hears from school district leaders who relied on relationships, referrals or marketing to choose their financial team but lack the quantitative expertise to evaluate the advice they get.

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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In a Department of Education survey released in October 2023 of more than 1,300 public schools, 60 percent said they were partnering with community organizations to provide non-educational services. Adult education is also often part of the package; the extras are not just for kids. “It

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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. The 2000-megawatt Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Dam (SLHEP) is the flagship project of the government of Indias ambitious but highly contested plan to build 168 hydropower dams in the region.

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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. Ron Ehrenberg, director, Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2025

As Education Secretary Linda McMahon was busy dismantling her cabinet department, she vowed to preserve one thing: the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nations Report Card. The main reading and math tests, which are required by Congress, were preserved. “None of us want to do this.”

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ED Surge

APRIL 21, 2025

The program, which turned 60 this year, was earmarked for elimination in Project 2025 the governing playbook by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation that is guiding the current administrations cost-cutting policies. There are families that ask, Are you closing? Its also proven to be cost-effective.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2025

But both sides have long backed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is also called the Nations Report Card. Its a very delicate instrument, said conservative education commentator Chester Finn, who formerly chaired the governing board that oversees the assessment. Risky things are happening.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A virtual wrecking ball took aim last Monday at the relatively small, wonky corner of the Department of Education that I write about every week: evaluation studies and data collection. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X that it had terminated 89 of these contracts worth $881 million. The cuts kept coming.

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Diane Ravitch

DECEMBER 30, 2024

She writes: Its no wonder that Project 2025 calls for putting an end to the Department of Education. Voters who lack the backbone of a solid education in civics can be manipulated. That takes us to Trumps plans for the Department of Education. But what does that look like in a country that voted for Trump?

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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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