Divided We Learn

Once the way up the socioeconomic ladder in America, higher education may now be deepening the divisions. First-generation, low-income students disproportionately wind up at campuses with the fewest resources; their wealthier counterparts, at the best. And, contradicting public promises, universities are raising their net prices faster for low-income than higher-income students.

Inclusive campuses

OPINION: Making campus diversity real — starting in kindergarten

We need to examine the full educational journey

Divided We Learn

by  Michael Cunningham  – September 18, 2018

Damian Lopez, 4, gives Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boabserg a high-five as he arrives for the first day of school at Escalante-Biggs Academy on August 20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.

COLUMN: Take a closer look at those back-to-school photos: Is something missing?

School photos provide a snapshot of segregated schools from across the country

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – September 7, 2018

Katy Sorto, photographed at her home in August 2018.

Nine years to earn a degree: Was it worth it?

For Katy Sorto, college seemed like the way to a different life. But she had no idea how hard it would be.

Divided We Learn

by Emily Hanford  – August 28, 2018

High School Reform

Experts often urge educators to catch struggling students "before it's too late," but high schools are charged with educating all students, regardless of their past. The Hechinger Report is spending two years exploring high schools successful with diverse groups or trying innovative approaches.
Mario Martinez, photographed in August 2018.

After an arrest for suspected gang activity, a young man bets on college

The odds that Mario Martinez, 19, would earn a degree and achieve the life he wanted were against him. Did he make the right choice?

Divided We Learn

by Emily Hanford  – August 28, 2018

The Old Manse, the centerpiece of Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock. Federal data show that of the 201 low-income freshmen who began at the college in 2011, none had graduated six years later.

Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

First-ever formal look at biggest college grant fund exposes generally poor results

Divided We Learn

by  Jon Marcus  – August 27, 2018

For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college

UNC-Charlotte finds 95 percent of completion-grant recipients stay on track to graduation

Divided We Learn

by  Emrys Eller  – August 17, 2018

A graduate student working in science lab.

Too little aid for low-income STEM majors?

With an extra financial-aid boost, low-income students more likely to study science, technology, engineering or math, study finds

Divided We Learn

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – August 10, 2018

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Teacher Catherine Connelly leads a lesson on giving compliments in Vista’s pioneering new class on social and emotional wellness. Connelly loved the curriculum, but not the rolling furniture.

A year of personalized learning: Mistakes, moving furniture and making it work

In the first year of a new program, a large San Diego district experiences small victories despite growing pains

Divided We Learn

by  Mike Elsen-Rooney  – August 8, 2018

OPINION: Using prime baseball season to strike out summer learning loss

Teamwork that beats the achievement gap

Divided We Learn

by  Tom Brasuell  and  Tom Davidson  – August 3, 2018

Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold.

Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

The nation’s first urban work college will open a second site in Texas and launch a work-college consortium

Divided We Learn

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – July 26, 2018

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