The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. He said staff members had set up food drives in school parking lots as the pandemic hit. “We

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. As a graduate of a high school in Puerto Rico, she was beating the odds even to accomplish that. “The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Many parents are stuck, said Jennifer Greppi, parent policy director at Parent Voices California, an advocacy organization. Alexis Jordan, a single mom of four who lives outside of Puyallup, Washington, is working on a bachelors degree in social work and political science while keeping part-time hours as a housekeeper.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. Schwartzberg, New York University (Presenter) Simon J.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. But beyond this day-to-day advocacy, critics see an organization with larger aims of discrediting teachers unions and public education.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I’m always here,” said Echanique, whose 10th-grade daughter and fifth-grade son attend the local public schools. I was telling my daughter, even if you’ve graduated high school, I will still always come and volunteer, because I love being a mom and I love being involved in the community.” That ain’t Texas,” said Rev.

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