The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Meanwhile, some high-performing themed schools remain out of reach to many low-income students, due to screenings — such as tests or auditions — that favor families who can afford private lessons and tutors. But over the years, it has expanded its purview to social and economic sustainability, too, said Tenner, the executive director.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2019

New Jersey’s program provides money and support services to 13,449 students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds in 42 programs from community colleges to Rutgers, the state flagship. Tichavakunda, an assistant professor of education leadership at the University of Cincinnati.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it disadvantages already economically disadvantaged kids,” said Jack Fletcher, co-founder of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities in Houston and one of the first scientists to question the discrepancy model’s validity. Often these schools also use the discrepancy model to determine whom to admit.)

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Becoming a History Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Career changers with family commitments or those from less economically affluent backgrounds without personal connections to schools, find it harder to undertake unpaid work experience. And of course we mustn’t forget the unintentional teacher who decides to make a speculative application but then goes on to find their perfect job.

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Becoming a History Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

However, I know from speaking to my tutees that many prospective teachers are actually more like my 21-year-old self than they are prepared to admit to an admissions tutor. often share a higher burden of economic disadvantage. We know that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to access higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

In the small district, 88 percent of schoolchildren are economically disadvantaged and almost 75 percent are at risk of dropping out. In the Harlandale district, 88 percent of schoolchildren are economically disadvantaged and almost 75 percent are at risk of dropping out. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. Summer is 11 weeks.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2018

Encouraging blacks and Hispanics, both growing populations, to pursue STEM careers is both an equity issue and crucial for the economy, according to Rodney Andrews, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Texas at Dallas. Gilazgi only wishes the Science Leadership Scholarship program could expand.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

The challenging work of leadership will not get easier in this next chapter of American education, just different. Increase students’ access to tutoring, after school activities and interventions to help address lost instructional time. Yet here we are. Ensure state and local funding decisions are made based on student need.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Related: If the anger that propelled Trump’s win is economic, can higher education fix it? “We Related: Polls: Americans increasingly mistrustful of college costs, leadership, and value. Tutors, financial aid counselors and academic advisers are always available online, he said. A lot of teachers won’t let you make stuff up.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. As Rand earned community service hours tutoring children, she wondered if teaching was in her future. Holmes senior Justice Grisby completes a review sheet on factors of production in her economics class.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

They ran into an economic wall that has hit communities of color the hardest, but which has also blocked many residents of this 98 percent white county. Another deal with Berea College brought close to a dozen AmeriCorps volunteers into the school to act as tutors and help support students through tough personal issues.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Because cutting this program has a trickle-down effect with real impact, a ripple across generations and a cut to our nation’s future economic prosperity. Days are filled with lecture, discussion sections, study groups, campus events, leadership activities, internships and the list goes on. million to 4.8

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Yet the Latinx On The Rise Mentoring Program — which is organized by the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council in northwest Arkansas and counts the University of Arkansas as a partner and supporter — still matches Hispanic students with professionals. Targeted programs in and of themselves were not necessarily a problem, the letter said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session Hechinger Report editor Caroline Preston launched her climate change newsletter (which you can sign up for here ) with a look at how some colleges are embedding climate-related instruction into diverse fields.

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