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Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion

The Hechinger Report

And after discovering that scholarships and loans were not quite covering some students’ bills, the university developed an emergency fund for retention grants to help them re-enroll. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was among the first schools in the country to adopt the plan last year.

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California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

The Hechinger Report

As the grandchild of Mexican immigrants, she didnt find her language or culture welcome in the school. Little Mexican girls see their culture celebrated on the walls of every classroom. By 2030, it wants half of California students on a path to becoming bilingual. But little Brbara didnt get her way.