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

The Hechinger Report

Families can spend their ESAs on almost any education-related expenses, such as private school tuition, tutoring and homeschool supplies. Already, Arizona has registered more than 4,000 vendors for ESAs — including retailers, tutors and even traditional school districts — a jump of 35 percent over last year.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

Turner attended Ashtabula’s high school, Lakeside High, where almost every student is economically disadvantaged. Ashtabula regularly has more than a dozen tutors available, and can increase the number depending on need, said Carol Jones, coordinator of academic services. Gonzalez, whose parents are Mexican immigrants, speaks Spanish.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

Her teachers at Havasupai Elementary School often asked Siyuja to tutor younger students and sometimes even let her run their classrooms. The agency oversees law and justice across Indian Country, as well as agriculture, infrastructure, economic development and tribal governance. She graduated valedictorian of her class.

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How could Project 2025 change education?

The Hechinger Report

The conservative Heritage Foundation is the primary force behind the sprawling blueprint, which is separate from the much less detailed Republican National Committee 2024 platform , though they share some common themes. Samuels Special education Project 2025 says that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which provides $14.2

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

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 The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank behind Project 2025 , earlier this year released a set of policy recommendations on undocumented immigrants in U.S.

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