Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department

Posted 2024-11-20 14:48:00 by: Melinda King

This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with permission. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle. McMahon would come to the post with sparse education experience. She led the Small Business Administration in Trump’s […] The post Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

Posted 2024-11-19 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Public trust in higher education has reached a historic low. A major reason is that rising student debt is undermining the return on investment many students expect from a college degree. However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. […] The post OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

Posted 2024-11-18 11:00:00 by: Melinda King

Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math courses, and those who pass more advanced math courses are more likely to graduate from college and earn […] The post Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in

Posted 2024-11-18 10:00:00 by: Melinda King

Nathan Smith has already sent three kids to college. But he’s never seen anything like the volume of recruiting materials pouring in since his fourth child reached her senior year in high school this fall. “If you put the other three together and multiplied it by four, that’s how much mail she’s gotten,” said Smith, […] The post A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: Why I view the ban on legacy admissions at California’s private universities with skepticism

Posted 2024-11-18 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private colleges and universities, including my own, the University of Southern California (USC). I view the new policy with the same skepticism with which I […] The post OPINION: Why I view the ban on legacy admissions at California’s private universities with skepticism appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Child care won at the ballot box

Posted 2024-11-14 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Leading up to the election, registered voters of all parties made it clear in polls that they believe the child care system is broken. And last Tuesday, they overwhelmingly supported local measures focused on supporting children, many of which increase local funding for child care. These results underscore that Americans are passionate about the need […] The post Child care won at the ballot box appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning

Posted 2024-11-13 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

PHILADELPHIA — Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to go to work at a large accounting firm. It’s her dream job – and she hasn’t even graduated from college yet.  By the time she walks across […] The post Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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School choice may get its biggest moment yet

Posted 2024-11-12 20:52:35 by: Melinda King

WASHINGTON — During Donald Trump’s first term as president, he was reluctant to speak boldly about school choice. That’s according to Kellyanne Conway, an aide to the president back then, and one of his former campaign managers. “He would say ‘Aren’t we the ones who say it [education] is local? Why would the president of […] The post School choice may get its biggest moment yet appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its-kind higher education program

Posted 2024-11-12 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — In less than 15 minutes, Michael Mariscal validated why a team of officials at Cal Poly Humboldt have spent more than three years trying to set up the first bachelor’s degree program at a maximum-security prison in California. At the end of a class in persuasive speaking, Mariscal was tasked with […] The post It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its-kind higher education program appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: We can do better than remedial ed

Posted 2024-11-12 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

For too long, incoming students not deemed fully prepared to do college-level work have had to enter a remediation track intended to teach foundational concepts that institutions assume students haven’t learned yet. It is a logical premise with a significant flaw: This approach to remediation simply does not work. Institutions funnel hundreds of thousands of […] The post OPINION: We can do better than remedial ed appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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