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Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their loan debt soars
Robert Samuels A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or credential within eight years of leaving high school. The graduation rate is even lower for low-income...
The Conversation
Apr 18, 2024
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4 strategies schools can use to close summer learning gaps
The Conversation
Apr 2, 2024
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Children who specialize in one sport risk more injuries, stress and burnout
The Conversation
Mar 25, 2024
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AI helps students skip right to the good stuff in this course
The Conversation
Mar 22, 2024
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National Parks are the ideal classroom for these college students
The Conversation
Mar 19, 2024

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Personalized cancer therapy can lead to faster treatments, better outcomes
Diana Azzam Despite many efforts to find better, more effective ways to treat cancer, it remains a leading cause of death by disease among children in the U.S. Cancer patients are also getting younger. Cancer diagnoses among those under 50 has risen...
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Caitlin Clark’s historic scoring record shines a light on the history of the AIAW
Diane Williams When University of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark drained a 3-pointer against the University of Michigan on Feb. 15, 2024, she secured the NCAA women’s scoring record. Announcers noted that Clark had surpassed Kelsey Plum’s 3,527 points. But few added that there...
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Young job seekers await American Climate Corps openings
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The hostility Black women face in higher education
  Ebony Aya Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and relationships with colleagues as they earned their Ph.D.s at a public university in the Midwest. I featured their...
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Venture-funded company makes it a mission to reduce skyrocketing student absenteeism
In Ecorse, Michigan, Shepria Johnson, part of the "Student Wholeness Team," is on a mission to combat truancy, starting with a visit to Kuanticka Prude’s home, reads a story published by ProPublica. Prude, a mother of eight working as a security guard,...
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Jan 9, 2024
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AI is entering the classroom, accelerating students’ math skills
AI is about to play a bigger role for schoolteachers When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses AI to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math performance improved. My colleagues and I developed...
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My Daughter Just Graduated Preschool
I’m a very proud dad today. My daughter just graduated preschool. It seems like only yesterday I was a nervous wreck in the hospital asking the midwife how I feed this tiny human who just came into the world. Now she’s starting...
Stephen McBride
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Prediction: Colleges Will Continue to Get Schooled
It’s finally happening… America’s most broken industry is being disrupted. I’ve been writing about the disruption of college since 2019. Back then, it was one of my most controversial ideas. Today? It’s becoming more and more of a reality... Many kids are finally...
Stephen McBride
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