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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

On an unremarkable November morning, Jimmie Conner is hunched over his laptop at a dining table in an open-concept kitchen flooded with light. Ultimately, less than 4 percent of them graduate from college, compared with the nation’s overall rate of 29 percent, according to a 2018 report. FULLERTON, Calif. — I’ll just sleep in my car.”

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Some colleges extend scholarships and other help to rural high school grads

The Hechinger Report

One of the two students sharing a laptop in the echoing brick atrium of the chemistry building at the University of Michigan is white, a freshman from a rice-growing parish in Louisiana; the other, black, a senior and a native of Detroit. Photo: Diane Weiss for The Hechinger Report. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Department of Education reports.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?