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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 11, 2018
The Heritage Foundation, a right-leaning think tank, wants lawmakers to take additional steps: changing the rules for 529 plans to allow families more school choice at the K-12 and help them pay for a bevy of other options. Several education policy experts, however, says these plans — regardless of how they’re used — are flawed.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The Higher Education Act, first passed in 1965 and revised perodically, regulates how the federal government financially assists postsecondary institutions and students. Schools “know that pretty much regardless of what they charge, students are going to be able to find the loans from the federal government.”.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2023
As a tribal state policy associate for the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), Preston provides support to tribes and student advocates collaborating on state education policy. We’re basically not allowed to explain that these things have occurred,” Gorneau said.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called “ failing government schools.”
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 31, 2025
Its also never been so at risk: First a federal funding freeze hit providers, then a chunk of Head Start federal support staff were fired by the Department of Government Efficiency. Head Start is in every community in America, said Cara Sklar, director of early & elementary education policy at the D.C.-based
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
students, researchers, scholars and teachers like Murphy of knowledge, resources and expertise that underscore UNESCO’s commitment to education as a foundation for a peaceful, just and sustainable world. UNESCO is perhaps best known for its World Heritage Sites, but it is much more than that. voice has been muted.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
See, whatever you thought about the Harris-Walz ticket’s particular proposals, the Democrats had things to say about education issues that genuinely shape children’s development: affordable early care and learning, access to nutritious school meals, funding for English learners , and more. Related: How would Project 2025 change education?
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