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

The Hechinger Report

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.

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Reality check: After four years of tough college prep, high school seniors grapple with gaps in financial aid

The Hechinger Report

In addition, aid from the government, merit aid from universities and private programs increasingly provide more benefit for wealthier students with high grade-point averages and top scores on entrance exams. Serena Walker-Jean, who wants to study sociology, also worries about feeling comfortable as a minority.

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

She tutored other kids from public housing. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. Pierre, the student who left LSU for the Air Force, had a good job working in the executive branch of the federal government.

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Deadlines, endless forms, constant college prep pressure: Is the finish line in sight?

The Hechinger Report

At Match, the finish line won’t come till the end of May, when seniors reveal their college choices at a dramatic “signing day” ceremony before family members, counselors, tutors and nearly all the adults in their spacious and sunny school building. In its best form, the tutoring is tailored to what the student needs to be successful.

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College students react to their first presidential election as adults

The Hechinger Report

A student group committed to free markets and limited government gave students at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., Hall, a busy senior majoring in sociology who is also the president of the Black Student Union at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, cast her first presidential ballot for Clinton. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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