Remove 2031 Remove Economics Remove Public School
article thumbnail

Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

It’s a threat to the nation’s global economic competitiveness and national security. The economic ramifications of this in the United States are twofold: first, on individuals’ job prospects and earnings potential; and second, on the country’s productivity and competitiveness. That’s much faster than most other kinds of jobs.

Economics 144
article thumbnail

A school closure cliff is coming. Black and Hispanic students are likely to bear the brunt

The Hechinger Report

. — The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. This story also appeared in The Washington Post She had spent most of her life at this small public school in the New Orleans suburb where she lives with her grandmother, but when she returned to school this month, it had closed.