To fill seats, more colleges offer credit for life experience

Posted 2025-07-10 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

PITTSBURGH — Stephen Wells was trained in the Air Force to work on F-16 fighter jets, including critical radar, navigation and weapons systems whose proper functioning meant life or death for pilots. Yet when he left the service and tried to apply that expertise toward an education at Pittsburgh’s Community College of Allegheny County, or CCAC, […] The post To fill seats, more colleges offer credit for life experience appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Speech therapists group moves to delete DEI from their standards guide

Posted 2025-07-09 17:56:56 by: Melinda King

Scores of speech therapists across the country erupted last month when their leading professional association said it was considering dropping language calling for diversity, equity and inclusion and “cultural competence” in their certification standards. Those values could be replaced in some standards with a much more amorphous emphasis on “person-centered care.”  “The decision to propose […] The post Speech therapists group moves to delete DEI from their standards guide appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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High school students find common ground on the debate stage

Posted 2025-07-08 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

This story about high school speech and debate was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. DES MOINES, Iowa — Macon Smith stood in front of a nearly empty classroom 1,000 miles from home. He asked his opponent and […] The post High school students find common ground on the debate stage appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Another Education Department delay: Release of NAEP science scores

Posted 2025-07-07 10:00:00 by: Melinda King

The repercussions from the decimation of staff at the Education Department keep coming. Last week, the fallout led to a delay in releasing results from a national science test. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is best known for tests that track reading and math achievement but includes other subjects too. In early 2024, […] The post Another Education Department delay: Release of NAEP science scores appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: A college degree opens doors, but only when we remove obstacles for young people

Posted 2025-07-07 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

I recently stood before hundreds of young people in California’s Central Valley; more than 60 percent were on that day becoming the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree. Their very presence at University of California, Merced’s spring commencement ceremony disrupted a major narrative in our nation about who college is for — […] The post OPINION: A college degree opens doors, but only when we remove obstacles for young people appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Apprenticeships for high schoolers are touted as the next big thing. One state leads the way

Posted 2025-07-06 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

This story is part of Hechinger’s ongoing coverage about rethinking high school. See our articles about a new diploma in Alabama and a “career education for all” model in Kentucky.  ELKHART, Ind. — Ever since Ty Zartman was little, people told him he had to go to college to be successful. “It was engraved on […] The post Apprenticeships for high schoolers are touted as the next big thing. One state leads the way appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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How theater can teach kids about climate change

Posted 2025-07-06 05:00:00 by: Melinda King

NEW YORK — Willow is a city kid who loves her neighborhood’s tiny “pocket” park, especially the giant tree, Oakie, whose branches stretch across it.  But she has a problem: The park is slated for redevelopment. And her friends and fellow park visitors — Rio, Kai, Ashe and Frankie — all have different ideas for what […] The post How theater can teach kids about climate change appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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$6 billion school funding freeze sparks outcry over ‘cruel betrayal’ of students 

Posted 2025-07-03 17:49:29 by: Melinda King

This story was published by The 19th and reprinted with permission.  State officials and teacher union leaders are reeling after President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to freeze more than $6 billion in federal K-12 education funding for the upcoming school year  — a move critics say will further kneecap schools after mass cuts and layoffs […] The post $6 billion school funding freeze sparks outcry over ‘cruel betrayal’ of students  appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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International students are critical to US colleges. See which schools could be hit hardest by a ban

Posted 2025-07-01 20:08:53 by: Melinda King

As the Trump administration announces sweeping changes to make it more difficult for colleges and universities to welcome international students, some schools are more vulnerable than others to the drops in enrollment that could result. About 1 million international students with visas were enrolled in U.S. institutions as of fall 2023, according to The Hechinger […] The post International students are critical to US colleges. See which schools could be hit hardest by a ban appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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COLUMN: Why higher education should be mourning the loss of its independence on July 4th

Posted 2025-06-30 18:30:00 by: Melinda King

The University of Virginia describes itself as a place where “differing perspectives not only coexist, they co-create.” It’s a sentiment that may no longer ring true at the prestigious public university, and, potentially, all of higher education.  Today, the venerable research institution created by Thomas Jefferson suddenly finds itself in big trouble, its mission and […] The post COLUMN: Why higher education should be mourning the loss of its independence on July 4th appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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