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Meredith Kolodner

Meredith Kolodner writes investigative articles and produces data analyses for higher education and K-12 stories. She previously covered schools for the New York Daily News and was an editor at Inside Schools and The Investigative Fund (now called Type Investigations). She also covered housing, schools, and local government for the Press of Atlantic City and The Chief-Leader newspaper. Her work has appeared in local and national news outlets, including NBC News, The New York Times and The Washington Post. She received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

kolodner@hechingerreport.org
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Posted inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, News

Why are graduation rates at community colleges so low?

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner May 5, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Teacher Effectiveness

New York teachers hate the idea of outsiders evaluating them. Here’s what happened when D.C. tried it

Avatar photo by Alexandria Neason and Meredith Kolodner April 9, 2015March 30, 2020
Metropolitan ninth-graders Latrese Martin, Ross Jacobson and Tia Stevens say their trauma-informed class gives them a place to be heard.
Posted inElementary to High School, High School Reform, News

How schools can lower suspension rates and raise graduation rates

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner April 2, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

Pass rates dip and test takers decrease after first year of new high school equivalency exam

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner February 10, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, News

The GED is out and Common Core is in

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner February 9, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

The financial aid policy that shuts out millions of students

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner February 6, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

What it takes to get into New York City’s best public colleges

Avatar photo by LynNell Hancock and Meredith Kolodner January 15, 2015April 8, 2021
Fourth-grader Tessa thinks she has the answer to a Common Core math problem.
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

New York school beats the odds by “going rogue” on Common Core

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner January 6, 2015March 30, 2020
The after-school program at East Fordham Academy in the Bronx is filled to capacity and has children on a waiting list. (Photo: Meredith Kolodner)
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Time to Learn

NYC’s ramped-up after-school programs offer safety, supper and sports

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner November 25, 2014March 30, 2020

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