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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Participating students receive 90 percent of what the state would spend to educate them at a public school; children with disabilities can access much higher funding. Families can spend their ESAs on almost any education-related expenses, such as private school tuition, tutoring and homeschool supplies.

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As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Wealthier families have also been able to pay for tutoring, private college counselors and test prep; although submitting tests is optional at more than 1,650 colleges and universities this year, families are convinced a good score can still help in admission. This year we’re looking at 30.”. It’s a triple whammy.”.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

But that impressive statistic masks severe racial disparities in degree completion: The state has the second largest attainment gap between whites and blacks in the nation, according to the Education Trust. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

Fifteen years ago, Brenda Cassellius was an assistant principal at a Minneapolis high school when a local reporter asked her about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the brand-new congressional overhaul of federal education policy. That data has become a valuable tool for educators, policy makers and researchers.

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In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In the meantime, he’d get a few hours of tutoring a week. From 2017-18 to 2021-22, districts with more economically disadvantaged students and Black and Latino students gave out more such suspensions per capita than their more affluent, whiter counterparts. He wouldn’t be allowed back until the next school year.

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Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Black and Latino students also often encounter more financial hardship in college and drop out for economic reasons. Addressing these graduation gaps will probably be expensive and involve more financial aid, tutoring and advising for students. This is where the Urban Institute analysis gets really interesting.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

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. But in the midst of his studies, he stumbled and had to retake an economics course.

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College Enrollment is Down. Can These New State Policies Help?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Longer term, state leaders are trying to improve internet infrastructure across the state, said Sarah Armstrong Tucker, chancellor for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. But he tries to make clear to Kentucky lawmakers how improving equity in higher education connects with the state’s economic goals.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. Once again, the technology acts as a placeholder.

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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2019

Reardon, a sociologist, says the growing achievement gaps he has found stem from increasing income inequality in our society and the decisions of many rich parents to invest more in their kids, from private tutors to after-school programs. Reardon is a professor at the Graduate School of Education.

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Parents are panicking, giving up their careers and spending thousands of dollars on piecemeal solutions for the school year

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2020

Parents would be responsible for bringing kids on and off, on and off, on and off,” said Mancha-Sumners, the associate director for the Texas Center for Education Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. “I But now, when kids are at home, privileged parents are going to be able to hire tutors and teachers. I can’t do that.

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College students react to their first presidential election as adults

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Humayun draws inspiration from her parents, who belong to the Ahmadiyya Islamic reform group and are subject to discrimination in Pakistan, and from the refugees she tutors in English. Education policy also worries her. She said she felt “a responsibility” to represent the Muslim-American community in a positive way.

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When schools reopen, we may not have enough teachers

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But experts say as the economic crisis decimates state tax revenue and forces states to slash budgets, it’s more and more likely the nation won’t have enough teachers to staff schools even once reopening is safe. Edna Posadas-Ingles tutors some of her former students while her home country, the Philippines, remains in quarantine.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, which allotted an additional $3.5 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The supplemental fund was also meant to support the child care needs of essential workers.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

College Enrollment is Down. Can These New State Policies Help?

The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

Parents are panicking, giving up their careers and spending thousands of dollars on piecemeal solutions for the school year

College students react to their first presidential election as adults

When schools reopen, we may not have enough teachers

What education could look like under Trump and Vance

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