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 Hi all!
The past week held both some exciting and bittersweet news for us at The Hechinger Report. Some of our work from the past year was honored by the Education Writers Association at its National Seminar in Las Vegas. Our story by writer Laura Pappano, about how some parents were trying to rescue a school district in Idaho left in tatters by the culture wars, was selected as the winner of the news category among small newsrooms. And our collaboration with Soledad O'Brien Productions and CBS News was honored as the winner in the visual storytelling category for a documentary about the end of affirmative action in college admissions. This piece involved a legion of people, including Hechinger Editor in Chief Liz Willen and the late Fazil Khan, Hechinger's data reporter who died in February.
As much as we love to share and celebrate our work from the past, we also relish new, insightful work, such as this recent piece about whether paying livable wages to child care workers in the nation's capital will survive District of Columbia budget woes.
There’s a lot more, so please: sign up for our newsletters and become a member! Thank you for being one of our readers.
Nirvi Shah, executive editor
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Revealing the true cost of college
We just updated our interactive tool, Tuition Tracker, with the most recently available college tuition and enrollment data. Students can compare colleges by using their household income level to see what students like them have paid in the past and they can view an estimate of what they may pay to attend the college of their choice in the 2024-25 academic year. Plus, we've added new features to help college applicants get in touch with us directly. Try it yourself.
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A unique pay equity fund in the nation’s capital may fall prey to budget cuts, leaving 4,000 child care workers in the lurch
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A message from this week's sponsor:
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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Visit JKCF.org to learn about scholarship opportunities for middle school, high school, and community college transfer students.
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Reading List
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A team of researchers pitted ChatGPT against humans in constructively criticizing 200 student essays
Racial biases are ingrained and often unaddressed and could lead to unnecessary violence
Tolerance and respect for differing views on race, sexual orientation and political parties are needed now more than ever
El objetivo es dar a los estudiantes que inicialmente no se ven a sí mismos yendo a una escuela de cuatro años, un impulso que podría ayudarles a obtener una licenciatura, ya que pocos estudiantes de dos años lo hacen ahora.
Tutoring, writing help and a free second shot at the class: Practical ways to keep students from failing and dropping out
What Do You Learn and What Will You Earn?
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