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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. In a traditional long-term bond the interest would be close to $100 million,” Funk says. That’s what I think technology can do.”

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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? They get through faster.”.