The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The class is being launched with the help of education nonprofit Remake Learning. percent over the next four years. “The

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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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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Each year, the Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups across the United States. Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

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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. Why haven’t we been doing this all across the country?” With unemployment at 3.7

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

To be considered affordable by the Department of Health and Human Services, they must cost no more than 7 percent of a family’s income. All will need to be in compliance by 2026. Subsidies are supposed to make care more accessible for those with the most need, but families in many states still struggle to pay child care bills.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. 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. You know, I’m an old timer, and I believe that there is value in, well, humanities, and a humanistic approach to teaching science. At least I would hope it isn’t.

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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. Kennedy Jr.s defense of the well-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

The number of workers needed in the construction trades nationally is expected to rise 11 percent through 2026, far faster than other occupations, or by 747,600 new jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Department of Education reports. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

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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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