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Students from middle class families have started to disappear from colleges, with the presence of these students dropping from 45 percent in 1996 to 37 percent in 2016. Many of these families felt cut out of access to financial help to pay tuition, with incomes too high to qualify for need-based aid, and too low to just pay for schooling outright.

Now, it turns out, a collection of schools — including private, nonprofit institutions — are designating financial aid specifically for middle-income families to lure them back, Jon Marcus reports ([link removed]) in a story with National Public Radio. It’s an antidote to our ongoing reporting on college closures ([link removed]) — college enrollment has been falling for more than a decade.

We also took a look this week at the impact of dual enrollment ([link removed]) , as researchers try to parse whether, among other things, these credits help students earn college degrees faster and save money.

Finally, check out Kavitha Cardoza’s reporting on an unexpected teacher bias ([link removed]) , and in our opinion section, a topic close to my heart, and more important than ever during these difficult times: the value of an arts education ([link removed]) . Hope you can read and share all of these, and never miss a story ([link removed]) .

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** Some colleges aim financial aid at a declining market: students in the middle class ([link removed])
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Middle-income Americans have borne a disproportionate share of college price increases, with the net cost of a degree rising from 12 percent to 22 percent since 2009, depending on their earnings, federal data show. Now a handful of schools — many of them private, nonprofit institutions trying to compete with lower-priced public universities — are beginning to designate financial aid specifically for middle-income families in an attempt to lure them back.

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** Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree ([link removed])
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A new national analysis tracked 400,000 high schoolers



** Kids with obesity do worse in school. One reason may be teacher bias ([link removed])
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The ‘obesity achievement gap’ is getting more attention. New research suggests that teachers may unconsciously view these students as less motivated and intelligent – and grade them harshly



** OPINION: Teachers had ideas for improving education after the pandemic. We failed to listen ([link removed])
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Teachers developed creative and sometimes novel solutions to problems they encountered daily during the pandemic. Post-pandemic, administrators have failed to listen to and embrace those solutions.



** OPINION: Parents should be not freaked out when their kids want to pursue an arts education ([link removed])
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Studying storytelling, filmmaking and performing arts sets students up for success in any field



** VIDEO: The school districts eliminating tracked math courses ([link removed])
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Some education experts oppose sorting kids based on perceived ability in math

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