Education Mar 13 Public money for private schools has not led to equity in France France’s system is a cautionary tale of how a country can offer an expansive private school choice system, but still fail to achieve equity.
Education Feb 28 Is Sweden proof that school choice doesn’t improve education? Betsy DeVos’s school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden, where student performance has suffered. In the second of a three-part series, find out how school choice works in other parts of the world.
Education Feb 20 New Zealand is a school choice utopia. But do students perform better? New Zealand’s history of total school choice offers the U.S. some key lessons.
Education Aug 24 How students with school debt but no degree get stuck in ‘purgatory’ In a vicious circle, debt and low-paying jobs make it tough to earn a way back to college. The numbers of students with school debt but no degree are large enough that the financial impact goes beyond individual struggles and…
Education Aug 23 Growing number of Georgia students have debt but no college degree More than 108,000 students who had taken out federal loans withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015.
Education Aug 22 Georgia students drop out with high debt despite state surplus More than half a billion dollars in surplus lottery funds, meant for Georgia’s college students, is sitting unused in the state’s coffers even as many drop out of school, unable to afford to continue.
Education Feb 02 Experts don’t know how many students are prepared for college. Here’s why that matters Experts say better data is needed to know if reforms are working.
Education Jan 31 Why this community college is getting rid of remedial classes Guttman Community College has an unusual approach to solving a ubiquitous problem.
Education Jan 30 Most colleges enroll students who aren’t prepared for higher education The vast majority of public two- and four-year colleges report enrolling students – more than half a million of them–who are not ready for college-level work, a Hechinger Report investigation of 44 states has found.
Education Aug 17 Billions in Pell Grants go to students who never graduate A Hechinger Report analysis of Pell grant graduation rate data from a cross section of colleges and universities suggests that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded Pell grants nationwide go to students who never earn degrees.