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Colleges must stop holding students hostage and release their debt

The Hechinger Report

We didn’t pay a parking ticket or a library fine, and our college refused to release our transcript. But imagine that a student’s debt went beyond failing to pay a library fine. trillion in debt, but for many low-income students, even something as comparatively paltry as a library fine can amount to a week’s food budget.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. Data analysis is being used to pinpoint bottlenecks, such as those overcrowded courses. SAN JOSE, Calif.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Analysis from Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “‘Alternative Pathways:’ How to Rethink Vocational Education.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” From the press release : “ Big Data Analysis Helps Students Choose College Majors.” ”).

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

According to a Hechinger analysis, 150 schools in eight states used corporal punishment on 20 percent or more of their students that year. Collins Elementary School inhabits a single-story brick building with a “little free library” in the front yard and a “discovery garden” in the back. Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski.