Aug 28 Watch 8:08 In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out? By PBS News Hour Ten years ago, New Orleans public schools were headed for academic rock bottom. And then Hurricane Katrina came, a disaster so devastating that it offered the rare opportunity to start over. Charter schools, empowered to take over, have raised test… Continue watching
Aug 25 Study finds higher expulsion rates for black students in South By Amanda Gomez Black students are suspended and expelled at significantly higher rates than white children in 13 Southern states, according to a new analysis of federal data. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 6:22 Opening the doors to more low-income students reshapes a university By PBS News Hour Under its current president, Arizona State University has increased its student population to 84,000, making it the largest university in America. In particular, the focus has been on boosting the number of low-income students. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how ASU… Continue watching
Aug 21 The new tool colleges are using in admissions decisions: big data By Emmanuel Felton, The Hechinger Report The same big data techniques that are transforming other industries are seeping into the college and university admissions process to help predict whether students will succeed and graduate. Continue reading
Aug 21 Can just-in-time advice keep more college students on track? By Kyla Calvert Mason Online course management tools, which track students’ work and grades for a class, can also change their behavior and improve performance. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 6:53 How community colleges can help close the graduation gap By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 20 After trying everything to increase graduation rates, this college is cutting back By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed Few colleges have signed onto the national college completion agenda with as much vigor as Sinclair Community College. And while national graduation rates have seen only a slow inching up, Sinclair has managed a big jump. Continue reading
Aug 20 Californians pay for state’s public colleges but increasingly can’t get in By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report California once showed the world how a state could guarantee a college education for nearly every resident, but then it failed to provide the long-term funding to do it. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 6:20 Should financial aid only go to college students in need? By PBS News Hour At many colleges and universities, merit-based scholarships are meant to attract the best and the brightest students. But opponents say they can inadvertently end up rewarding the richest applicants. That’s why some schools have started giving out need-based aid only. Continue watching
Aug 19 Twitter Chat: Merit vs. need-based scholarships By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins In America, many scholarships are given out based on merit, handed out to students who have good grades and high test scores. While this plan is meant to attract the best and the brightest, it can also mean that money… Continue reading