What might happen if the Education Department were closed?
Nov 22, 2024 · Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota recently introduced a bill to unwind the Education Department and spread its work across other federal agencies.. The Hechinger Report tried to answer some of the questions raised by the possible dismantling of the department, consulting experts and advocates on student loans, special education, financial aid, school lunch and beyond.
Tracking college closures - The Hechinger Report
Oct 21, 2024 · From 2008 to 2011, an average of seven colleges and universities shut down each year in the wake of the financial crisis. That four-year average had doubled to 14 by 2014 before reaching 32 by 2018.
Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles student
Jun 6, 2022 · During the 2017-18 school year, more than 69,000 students received corporal punishment almost 97,000 times nationwide.. Corporal punishment has been on the decline in the United States for the last several decades, in part because of growing evidence that it harms students’ wellbeing and academic performance while …
Going to college? Use our toolbox to help choose a school and …
Nov 1, 2024 · The College Welcome Guide is a collection of interactive charts and maps that help you assess campus culture. They list the demographics of faculty and students, services for veterans or students with disabilities and more. The maps outline the state-level laws that might be most relevant to matriculating students, such as restrictions on teaching Critical Race Theory or laws permitting the ...
Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping ...
Oct 28, 2024 · Exactly how much all of this is costing the nation isn’t known. But the state of Texas, which accounts for 10 percent of high schoolers who are taking these college classes, was investing $120 million annually as recently as 2017, according to one estimate. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to extrapolate that over $1 billion a year in public funds is being spent on dual enrollment across the nation.
How could Project 2025 change education? - The Hechinger Report
Jul 23, 2024 · The proposals in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — known as Project 2025 and designed for Donald Trump — would reshape the American education system, early education through college, from start to finish.. The conservative Heritage Foundation is the primary force behind the sprawling blueprint, which is separate from the much less detailed Republican National Committee 2024 ...
Election 2024 - The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report delved into where the presidential candidates stand on early education through higher education and beyond.
A decade of research on education inequality in America
Jun 29, 2020 · That didn’t mean there was a giant 70 percent improvement from $1,500. The Trump administration added together all sources of funds, including federal funding, which amounts to 8 percent of total school spending, while the Obama administration excluded federal funds, counting only state and local dollars, which make …
PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity
Feb 20, 2023 · Students’ race and ethnicity affect their chances of earning a college degree, according to several new reports on higher education released in January and February 2023. College degrees are increasing among all racial and ethnic groups, but white and Asian Americans are far more likely to hold a college degree or …
Once-low college student voting rates are trending up - The …
Sep 30, 2024 · UPDATE: Voting by Americans 18 to 29 fell to 42 percent in the 2020 presidential election, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE, at Tufts University.Youth voter turnout averaged 50 percent in the battleground states of Arizona, George, Michigan, Nevada, …