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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

BOSTON — Like a lot of high school students, Kevin Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. He was speaking during a break in a city program for promising local high school students to study calculus for five hours a day throughout the summer at Northeastern University.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report The majority of people sent to prison enter without a high school diploma or a GED certificate, yet almost 70 percent of those who are incarcerated hope to obtain a postsecondary credential. He said of Project Rebound’s John Irwin House, “I think we’re all just grateful.”

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