The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

Economic competitors such as India and China, which are among the principal sources of customers for American graduate programs, also have embarked on building sprees at universities of their own, which threaten to keep their students home. . It definitely needs more attention,” Stevens said. Thomas University Provost Jeremy Moreland.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Some 2,400 districts — from regions synonymous with economic hardship to big cities and prosperous suburbs — did not report having even one homeless student despite levels of financial need that make those figures improbable. And many more districts are likely undercounting the number of homeless students they do identify.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

I definitely would have struggled [in algebra] if I didn’t have to go through the process of re-taking.”. There was a sense that we needed to swing for the fences to make the economic transition the state needs to make.”. “In I definitely would have struggled if I didn’t have to go through the process of retaking,” Kylee said. “It

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

It definitely held me back.”. Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Some states’ figures are even higher. Missing one means waiting a full year.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

There’s no definitive data on how colleges’ relationships with these companies affect the cost of the programs — which include MBAs, master’s in public health, master’s in social work and more — to students. That’s substantially less than overseas undergraduates pay to attend the London School of Economics in person.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

There’s definitely a colonial imperative in the existence of those lands.” Kunesh, a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, has authored two bills that returned state land to tribes, each with a decade or more of advocacy behind it. It goes back to, really, the founding of the U.S.,” by funding schools and hospitals for them.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

When we think about the amount of money and resources needed to navigate a state and federal economic crisis, the first package was not nearly enough,” he said. Patrick Miller is the superintendent of Greene County Schools, a district in North Carolina that he describes as “poor and rural by every definition.” Schools in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

The Magnolia State’s road to economic recovery has been pitched as a matter of disinfecting workspaces, conducting daily temperature checks, encouraging social distancing and using masks to keep workers and customers safe — and staying patient as the state enters a painful recession. I was definitely scared: Will they hire me back?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us It’s going to be twice as hard as anybody else, but it’s possible, and I am the walking definition of it,” she tells her students. “I It’s there that he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in the coming decades, politicians of both parties would respond to economic downturns by cutting higher education funding, causing tuition to rise. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. “If

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2023

I definitely think it should be eliminated, especially for students.” That means coordinators avoid directing too many recipients into education, said Bryce McKibben, senior director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Just like Trump adorns his name on his towers and hotels as branding for his economic and political goals, donors allow their names to be placed on colleges, hospitals and scholarships for the same reasons. Most national foundations in education don’t meet Daniels’ definition of a serious social justice funder.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2024

They are in short supply Apprenticeship in America remains massively under-scaled , the advocacy group Apprenticeships for America pronounced in September. A lack of available apprenticeships is definitely a pinch point, he said. Related: Looking for internships?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

While existing economic segregation means that a universal preschool wouldn’t serve a perfect mix of lower- and upper-income families, it would be more mixed than the current system, which clusters children living in poverty. The economic incentive for middle-class American parents to send their child to a free public preschool is clear.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

“Once you agree to accept federal funds for anything, you have to comply with all federal laws,” said Donald Heller, provost at the University of San Francisco, whose research focuses on educational economics, public policy, and finance and who has testified to Congress about college access and financial aid.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

And the United States remains stubbornly in 13th place in the world in the proportion of its 25- to 34-year-olds with degrees , according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, behind South Korea, Canada, Japan, Russia, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway and other countries.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2024

If there are people that are my physics professors that are significantly further to the left than I am, I do feel concerned about what happens if I do start to get more vocal with my advocacy.” — Benjamin Heinz “Especially in the humanities, you have professors who are not necessarily the arbiters of truth but trying to facilitate discussion and teach (..)

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