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Olympic hopeful figure skater Max Aaron on the practice rink in Colorado Springs. Aaron, who is 25, earned a degree in finance in December. He worked as a barback and a waiter on the weekends to help pay the tuition and took his classes early in the morning and late at night to accommodate his training schedule.
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, News, Solutions

Even with help, Olympic athletes struggle to balance their sports with college

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 4, 2018April 8, 2021
Students in a new “Geometry in Construction” class at Eureka High School near St. Louis, Missouri, prop up a wall of the tiny house they built.
Posted inElementary to High School, Future of Learning, News, Solutions

Students apply geometry lessons to build tiny houses

by Kristen Taketa January 4, 2018March 30, 2020
poor students
Posted inNews

Harvard Law grad helps low-income kids aim high

Avatar photo by Nick Chiles January 3, 2018March 30, 2020
Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, Rural Education, Solutions

In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

Avatar photo by Robbie Feinberg January 3, 2018February 9, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

A Yemeni family flees a war-torn nation and bets on a future in rural Appalachia

by Peggy Barmore December 26, 2017February 9, 2022
Students in Mount View High School teacher Amber Shirley’s math class work on an assignment.
Posted inElementary to High School

Can putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?

by Peggy Barmore December 25, 2017March 30, 2020
A vacant lot is all there is of a proposed multi-unit apartment complex for teachers and other professionals behind the Marquee Cinemas in Welch as Reconnecting McDowell works to renegotiate funds held up by the Trump administration.
Posted inNews

At ground zero for the opioid epidemic, schools are helping students overcome the odds

by Peggy Barmore December 24, 2017March 30, 2020
Microsoft employees in Redmond, Washington. With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, Solutions

Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 18, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

How a struggling school for Native Americans doubled its graduation rate

Avatar photo by Emrys Eller and Alden Nusser November 28, 2017March 30, 2020
Benito Juarez Community Academy serves 1,800 students in Chicago’s lower West Side neighborhood.
Posted inElementary to High School

A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

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 21, 2017March 30, 2020

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