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Higher education starts to fight back against attacks on its value and policies
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (1733+ words) A narrator speaks over images of busy cityscapes, children playing in a field and ominous scenes of natural disasters and civil unrest. "There's no sugarcoating it," the deep voice warns. "America's future is under attack." Its salvation: higher education, personified…...
OPINION: Colleges must start treating immigration-based targeting as a serious threat to student safety and belonging
2+ week, 1+ day ago (923+ words) Nine people were detained, including siblings and a 67-year-old man who has lived in the U.S. for decades. The student celebrated the arrests and told ICE to "pump up the numbers." As the daughter of Caribbean immigrants and a researcher who…...
Talk nerdy to me: Teachers who use math vocabulary help students do better in math
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (626+ words) Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying " with mixed success " to calculate exactly how much better. What remains far more elusive is why. A new study…...
One state made preschool free. Then dozens of child care centers closed in its largest city
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (634+ words) This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU "We found this worrisome finding that the death rate, so to speak, of pre-K centers has accelerated since the governor moved toward universal access" to transitional kindergarten, Fuller said. "Private pay centers can't…...
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1391+ words) This story was produced by The 19th and reprinted with permission. The mother was just arriving to pick up her girls at their elementary school in Chicago when someone with a bullhorn at the nearby shopping center let everyone know: ICE…...
OPINION: We must help the next generation get from classrooms to careers with real guidance, not guesswork
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (701+ words) Too many high school graduates are unsure how their education connects to their future. Even the most driven face a maze of options, with little guidance on how classroom experiences connect to real-world careers." It's no wonder that fewer than…...
5 cheat sheets for parents of preschoolers
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (276+ words) A few months later, our early childhood team at Hechinger launched a project digging into the elements of a high-quality preschool. That article and the corresponding video became a quick and easy guide as I looked at options for my…...
TEACHER VOICE: I didn’t think I needed the help or advice, but a new literacy teaching coach from afar gave me the self-confidence I lacked
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (576+ words) Support nonprofit news. Monthly donations doubled for 12 months! I was the only guy in my education classes at Missouri State University, and until this year I was the only male out of nearly 100 teachers in my school. My approach to…...
How an old hotel shows one solution to community college student housing insecurity
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (1530+ words) GRESHAM, Ore. " When Ken Perez was 24, he quit his construction job and moved back in with his parents so he could give college another try." He chipped in on some bills, but it was otherwise free housing, allowing him to…...
What I learned about Head Start in rural America
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (410+ words) When Starr Dixon heard the Trump administration was floating a proposal last spring to eliminate Head Start, the 27-year-old parent in rural Michigan cried for a week. The free, federally funded early learning program has been life-changing for her and…...