Graduation and dropouts

college degree

More students are leaving college without a degree

More future jobs will require a college degree, yet more students are dropping out with no credential

Divided We Learn

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – November 8, 2019

black male students

COLUMN: Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

A separate class for black boys led to improvements in dropout rates, study finds

High School Reform

by  Jill Barshay  – October 28, 2019

social-emotional learning curricula

A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works

Concern about the quality of social-emotional programs is rising — but one Virginia school sees academic success by focusing on students’ emotional wellbeing   

Early Education

by  Caroline Preston  – October 24, 2019

Map to the Middle Class

The story of the future of work in America is one of deepening economic polarization. Good jobs are disappearing for people with only a high-school diploma, while wage and employment gains increasingly accrue to people with higher education.
Latino students

Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

Latinos have some of the lowest education levels in the country, but poverty and immigration fears aren’t holding back some students and schools trying to break the cycle

First Step to the Middle Class

by Meredith Kolodner  – October 21, 2019

high school diploma

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

In a Kentucky county where coal once reigned, a principal tries to map a future for students that won’t take them away from home

First Step to the Middle Class

by Meredith Kolodner  – October 21, 2019

Avoyelles Parish

Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

In a parish with one of the lowest rates of black high school graduates in the nation, a community tries to raise graduation rates

First Step to the Middle Class

by Meredith Kolodner  – October 21, 2019

Latino students

Desde el campo: En un condado de Carolina del Norte donde pocos padres latinos tienen diplomas, sus hijos van en busca de una educación universitaria

Los latinos tienen algunos de los más bajos niveles educacionales del país, pero el temor a la pobreza y a los problemas de inmigración no son un impedimento para alumnos y escuelas que tratan de romper el ciclo

First Step to the Middle Class

by Meredith Kolodner  – October 21, 2019

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New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country

A sampling of Hechinger reporting for The New York Times’s Learning section

Higher Education

by  Hechinger Report  – October 10, 2019

Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

Many schools are trying strategies from the business world to stay afloat

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – October 10, 2019

certificate programs

Will colleges with sky-high default rates face consequences?

New federal data reveals schools where more than half of students default on their loans. Will the government take action?

Higher Education

by  Sarah Butrymowicz  and  Meredith Kolodner  – October 3, 2019

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