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School districts are going into debt to keep up with technology

The Hechinger Report

Issuing a 30-year bond to finance a new school building makes sense, says Ross Rubenstein, a professor at Georgia State University who specializes in public finance and education policy. Using long-term debt to pay for technology that may be obsolete in a couple of years, he says, is “like taking out a mortgage to buy groceries.”

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

But that impressive statistic masks severe racial disparities in degree completion: The state has the second largest attainment gap between whites and blacks in the nation, according to the Education Trust. Rethinking remedial education. Will jobs go begging?