Economics Education Policy Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 16, 2020
An avowed Marxist, deBoer argues unabashedly that he has set out “to demolish the entire meritocratic system and give [underprivileged] kids equal economic circumstances to begin with,” as a Wall Street Journal review of his book summarized. It is a very different thing to ask, “What do we want every child to achieve?” Maybe they never will.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 16, 2021
Legacy admission also appears to be withstanding the resurgence of the racial and social justice movement following the killing of George Floyd. What’s happening in Colorado could revive that conversation elsewhere, said Mamie Voight, interim president at the Institute for Higher Education Policy.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 13, 2022
As young people, families and educators near the end of yet another hectic pandemic school year, new research studying the early impact of remote learning offers a sobering look at experiences and outcomes, including interrupted and incomplete learning. million students across the country.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
We talked about the economic impact of slavery to go from being money to trying to catch up with everyone else, who was given that opportunity of reaching this ‘American dream,’ and having 300-400 years of being someone else’s money.”
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