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Research
Making Sense of Mixed Findings About Mentoring
Review of Three Recent Randomized Trials of School-Based Mentoring: Making Sense of Mixed Findings Society for Research in Child Development This report,...
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Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement
This report examines the continuing disparity in at-home computer access across the socioeconomic spectrum – despite completion of a program to bridge...
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A Fairer Deal for College Students
Sen. Tom Harkin makes the case for reforming for-profit colleges, in an op-ed in The Washington Post. He writes: “Too many of...
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For-Profit Colleges and Universities: America’s Least Costly and Most Efficient System of Higher Education
For-profit colleges are the best, says this study by a center created by a for-profit college. With the practices of many for-profits...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Why a B&G Club Won a Coveted Education Grant
Literacy programs and parental home visitation are both popular ways to help children, but combining them might seem odd – except that...
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News
Youth Credentials
Leicester, England – While a movement to help youths earn various forms of credentials is growing in the United States, a similar...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Dropouts Turn Employees: Basic Lessons
The youth asleep on the park bench attracted Cop Lieu’s attention. Lieu, 22, a supervisor at the Work Group in Pennsauken, N.J.,...
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News
‘Good Enough Diploma’
The General Educational Development test – commonly known as the GED – is getting new attention from education reformers who have found...
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Book Reviews
The Burden of Academic Success
The Burden of Academic SuccessBy Allison L. HurstLexington Books Whenever a low-income student manages to earn a college degree, it is routinely...
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Guest Opinion Essay
It’s Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon
In the “good research is a footnote to common sense” department, a new Harvard University study has found that positive developmental experiences...
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News
Boy Scouts Changes its Tone on Sex Abuse
A sex abuse lawsuit that ended with a nearly $20 million verdict against the Boy Scouts in April appears to have changed...
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Feds Replace Loan Guarantee Nonprofit
In a sign of how the college loan business is changing, a nonprofit that guarantees student loans at schools across the country...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Look at College Dropout Factories
“Nationwide, low-income minority students are disproportionately steered toward colleges not where they’re most likely to succeed, but where they’re most likely to...
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News
Project Will Award College Degrees to Ex-Students
A new project announced Thursday seeks to boost the number of college degrees awarded in the United States by finding people who...
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News
Teach for America Grows, but How Much Does it Help?
Teach for America is growing fast, and will grow even more thanks to winning a $50 million federal grant this month. But...
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The Case to Fund the Promise Neighborhoods Experiment
With Congress slashing President Obama’s Promise Neighborhood Initiative, the author of a book about the program on which that initiative is based,...
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Teach for America Grows, but How Much Does it Help?
Teach for America is growing fast, and will grow even more thanks to winning a $50 million federal grant this month. But...
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The Excitement and Pain of Competing for Promise Neighborhoods Money
With President Obama’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative (PNI) generating enormous excitement – 339 applications were filed in June for just 20 grants –...
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News
Repayment Data Show Effect on Proprietary Schools
College loan repayment data released late Friday by the U.S. Department of Education show that some of the largest proprietary colleges face...
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News
Education Department to Increase Scrutiny of Proprietary Colleges
The U.S. Department of Education will hire 60 more investigators and increase the number of investigations by 50 percent, partly in response...
