May 14 More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report Between 2000 and 2015, the college-going rate among Hispanic high school graduates more than doubled, to 3 million. But the proportion of Hispanics earning degrees still lags behind the proportion of whites. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 10:16 Mentoring program connects children of incarcerated parents with support By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman More than 5 million children in the U.S. have had a parent in prison at some point. In Indiana, where that number is 177,000, a mentoring program aims to bolster support for those children by connecting them with adults who… Continue watching
May 12 In Kentucky, an early test of teachers’ new political power By Adam Beam, Associated Press Thousands of teachers took their voices to state Capitols this spring, winning pay raises in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, and increased education spending in Kentucky. Continue reading
May 12 Science teachers sacrifice to provide lab materials for students By Emily Cayton, M. Gail Jones, The Conversation Urban and rural science teachers often lack funding for science lab materials and pay out of pocket to provide those materials for their students. Continue reading
May 09 Opinion: Part-time college students have been left out. Let’s help them By Karen Stout, Inside Higher Ed As colleges embrace strategies to bolster degree completion, this former community college president warns against creating a situation where part-time students become even more likely to drop out. Continue reading
May 09 Twitter chat: Rethinking the needs of today’s undergraduates By Lora Strum Millions of college students don't necessarily fit the traditional mold. What financial, social and academic resources do they need to succeed? The PBS NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 12 p.m. EDT on May 10. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 7:01 The next generation of African-American doctors finds success and support at this university By Hari Sreenivasan Xavier University, a small, historically black college in New Orleans, manages to graduate more African Americans who go on to become medical doctors than any other undergraduate institution in the country -- a fact that's even more striking given a… Continue watching
May 08 What New York’s skyline can teach kids about math and science By Larisa Epatko “By building it themselves, they’ll probably remember it for the rest of their lives," said the Salvadori Center’s executive director Kenn Jones. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 3:23 In education, you can choose to remake yourself — or be made by others By Tara Westover Because Tara Westover had never been allowed to go to school, the only history she had learned was the history her father taught her. "His perspective was my perspective," she says, and his fears became her fears. But when she… Continue watching
May 04 Why community colleges can’t ignore the needs of part-time students By Ashley A. Smith, Insider Higher Ed If community colleges are going to close achievement gaps, they need to better accommodate part-time students, this report says. Continue reading