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

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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. Related: Schools exacerbate the growing achievement gap between rich and poor, a 33-country study finds.

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OPINION: Why it’s time to discard old stereotypes about Asian American parents and education

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Going to academic tutoring after school in China and India is just what one does if your parents can afford it: It’s what it takes to get into a top college. Related: OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools. but lower achievement in South Korea.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Two chairs by the fireplace sit ready for one-on-one tutoring, a cluster of ottomans nearby can accommodate a study group, and spaces to hunker down with a book or notes abound: a couch by the front door layered with pillows and blankets, a desk tucked into a corner, a fire table on the patio, and a backyard.

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

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She tutored other kids from public housing. But he spoke up in Romantic Literature, and he helped other students with their African American Religious History papers. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. psychology class.

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

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A counselor arranged tutoring, keeping him motivated and “feeling that I am not doing this alone.”. Thompson, whose father “was an illiterate coal miner” and mother only completed eighth grade, but who earned a doctorate in sociology, said raising educational levels is critical to prosperity in the state. His counselors reached out.

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Is California saving higher education?

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Because we had that history, because we knew what a well-functioning higher education system could do, we aspire to that again.”. Today, Mora is an associate professor of sociology at Berkeley and a mentor to other first-generation college students. We have a long history of not catering to these populations,” Mora said.

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College students react to their first presidential election as adults

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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. I don’t think this is a new era but a repetition of history,” she said. I don’t think this is a new era but a repetition of history.”.