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Graduation and dropouts

School founder Howard Fuller visits with students at the Milwaukee Collegiate Academy charter school.
Posted inElementary to High School

Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

Amadou Diallo is a journalist, playwright and photographer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wirecutter, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been a regular contributor to The Hechinger Report since 2017. A former musician and composer, he is a graduate of New York University and is always happy to weigh in on just which of Miles Davis’ classic quintets was the best. by Amadou Diallo November 16, 2018March 30, 2020
Clarissa Santana is a mother of three who is frustrated when she returns to college at the University of Akron and learns her credits from a for-profit school don’t transfer. She tells her story in the new documentary “Unlikely.”
Posted inColumnists

Two new documentaries showcase a long and winding road to college

Avatar photo by Liz Willen November 12, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

The new movie Night School passes my test

Avatar photo by Andre Perry September 25, 2018April 8, 2021
college job
Posted inHigher Education, News

Quantifying the risks of working while in college

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow August 31, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

Momentum builds for career-focused P-TECH schools

Avatar photo by Tara García Mathewson August 30, 2018April 1, 2021
Alana Wolf was accepted to Cornell University, which told her to go somewhere else as a freshman and come back as a sophomore under a little-known policy called conditional admission. She spent her freshman year at Ithaca College and will enter Cornell this fall.
Posted inNews

Seeking advantage, colleges are increasingly admitting students as sophomores

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 23, 2018April 8, 2021
Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois' juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science.
Posted inElementary to High School

Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

Avatar photo by Tara García Mathewson August 2, 2018March 30, 2020
Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold.
Posted inNews

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

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow July 26, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: Advice about how to raise the high school graduation rate — from students themselves

Dale ErquiagaAvatar photo by Dale Erquiaga and John Gomperts July 23, 2018March 30, 2020
Dartmouth freshmen Daniel Inoa and Natan Santos had uncomfortable moments as they were told: “You look suspicious.”
Posted inElementary to High School

After a tough but promising freshman year, Dartmouth student tackles change at elite campuses

Avatar photo by Liz Willen July 17, 2018April 8, 2021

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