Race and Equity Archives - The Hechinger Report

The first two times I tried college, I didn’t finish. There was never enough time to care for my young son, work a full-time job and do my schoolwork. And there was never enough money to pay rent, tuition and child care. On my third try, everything clicked. This time I was more motivated than […]

Race and Equity

STUDENT VOICE: One of every five college students is a parent. Here’s how colleges can help more of us graduate

PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them

PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity

COLUMN: Universities are finally acknowledging their complicity in slavery, but they must offer reparations, too

PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

PROOF POINTS: Should parents value academic achievement or academic growth in a school?

PROOF POINTS: Test-optional policies didn’t do much to diversify college student populations