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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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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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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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STUDENT VOICE: College students struggle to get academic accommodations they need to succeed

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However, for students transitioning from under-resourced high schools, and without self-advocacy skills, legal knowledge or access to medical resources and insurance, pursuing accommodations in college can be daunting, prolonged and expensive. This flaw in higher education is not obscure; it is codified into federal law. It might cost $7,500.

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As states push for news ways of learning, some kids and parents feel left behind

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We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based learning. Why are we so stuck in an age-based, grade-based era?

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