Plus, a tale of 9 districts that found strength in numbers

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Have you heard the one about how college can be … expensive? It isn't just tuition though ([link removed]) , as Hechinger senior higher education reporter Jon Marcus reports. In fact, as much as families may plan for college spending, tuition prices have actually been shrinking, a little, over the last few years when adjusted for inflation. But the price of room and board rose more than 14 percent from 2010 to 2020, according to the College Board. Some colleges, Jon reports, are trying to address the issue.

In that same spirit of innovation perhaps, a group of nine rural school districts in Colorado banded together ([link removed]) to grow career and college pathways for their students, Hechinger’s Neal Morton reports. This group of nine also set up a nonprofit that conducts job market analysis and surveys teenagers about their interests, giving academic counselors the kind of data they need to advise students about new CTE and college-level classes in high-wage positions in the building trades, hospitality and tourism, health sciences, education and the environment. The big unknown: Can they keep it going when pandemic money runs out?

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** The fastest-growing college expense may not be what people think ([link removed])
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There is a small but growing effort by some higher education institutions to address what has become, along with food, the fastest-growing cost of college: a place to live.
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** ‘Not waiting for people to save us’: 9 school districts combine forces to help students ([link removed])
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In rural Colorado, an alliance of nine rural districts attempted to extinguish their attendance boundaries and pooled staff and financial resources to help more students get into college and high-paying careers.



** TEACHER VOICE: Big mistake — Schools are swapping out Shakespeare, Chaucer and Dickens for Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift ([link removed])
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I want my students to engage with the foundation of our literary traditions



** Researchers combat AI hallucinations in math ([link removed])
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Success in algebra but more work needed in statistics



** The start of school is always stressful, but even more so for neurodivergent students — and their parents ([link removed])
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Survey: Parents of children with learning differences are more stressed about returning to school



** ‘Disruption’ or ‘free speech’? College students face new rules on campus protest ([link removed])
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Many colleges have tightened the rules for campus protests, raising free speech concerns



** TEACHER VOICE: I don’t mind being known as ‘the math guy,’ but everyone can and should be able to do the math ([link removed])
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The solution to creating the next generation of strong ‘math people’ should start with changing mindsets



** What young Democrats have to say about higher education ([link removed])
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Top issues for attendees and student protesters at the Democratic National Convention included broadening higher education access, protecting campus protest and ensuring academic freedom

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