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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

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asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. These high-achieving students would likely have graduated college in much higher numbers without any dual enrollment courses.

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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union

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The downward spiral of waning patriotism and poor public knowledge of our founding documents can be reversed. Shawn Healy is chief of Policy and Advocacy for iCivics.org and directs the CivxNow coalition. By investing in civic educators, we will improve classroom instruction and ensure stronger civic outcomes for students. Former U.S.

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OPINION: If we don’t act quickly, the student loan default system could plunge more families into poverty

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Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty. Families cannot afford to wait.

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Eligible for job and college aid, half of Tennesseans with disabilities get nothing

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State officials at the highest levels have been aware of these problems for years and have repeatedly failed to fix them, according to internal documents. She had spent 12 years as a senior education advocate at the Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, advising other parents on how to get through the system. More calls.

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How can we close the digital divide?

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The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017). “We want to create a sense of urgency to continue to close those gaps,” said Roberto Rodriguez, assistant secretary in the Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

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Before Savannah took the SAT, she faced the extra step of documenting her disability to secure extra time. Part of the outrageous “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal involved parents securing false documentation of learning disabilities for their children. But we must not allow external forces to slow this progress.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

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“I think there is optimism based on this worldwide movement and the fact that there’s worldwide attention on the way Black folks have been treated in this country for hundreds of years now,” said Alim, who is the Midwest engagement manager for the Young Invincibles youth advocacy group. The question I would ask is, ‘What is being done?’

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