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In this week's edition: The end of in-state tuition for undocumented students in Texas is causing chaos on campus ([link removed]) . Funding for federal programs aimed at helping low-income and first-generation students earn a college degree is under threat ([link removed]) . Plus, the "sobering" results of high-dosage tutoring and how logistics made it difficult to produce a real difference ([link removed]) .
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** What’s happened since Texas killed in-state tuition for undocumented students

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Ximena had a plan.

The 18-year-old from Houston was going to start college in the fall at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she had been awarded $10,000 a year in scholarships. That, she hoped, would set her up for her dream: a Ph.D. in chemistry, followed by a career as a professor or researcher.

“And then the change to in-state tuition happened, and that’s when I knew for sure that I had to pivot,” said Ximena, who was born in Mexico but attended schools stateside since kindergarten. (The Hechinger Report is referring to her by only her first name because she fears retaliation for her immigration status.)

In June, the Texas attorney general’s office and the Trump administration worked together to end the provisions in a state law that had offered thousands of undocumented students like her lower in-state tuition rates at Texas public colleges. State and federal officials successfully argued in court that the long-standing policy discriminated against U.S. citizens from other states who paid a higher rate. That rationale has now been replicated in similar lawsuits against Kentucky, Oklahoma and Minnesota — part of a broader offensive against immigrants’ access to public education.

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Ximena tenía un plan.

La joven de 18 años de Houston iba a comenzar clases este otoño en la Universidad de Texas en Tyler, donde le habían concedido una beca de 10.000 dólares al año. Esperaba que eso le permitiera alcanzar su sueño: un doctorado en Química, seguido de una carrera como profesora o investigadora.

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The EGF Accelerator ([link removed]) is supporting strong leaders in sustainable nonprofits that are working to improve the education and life outcomes for low-income New Yorkers. We offer incubation, advanced leadership development, a remote Fellows program, and fund journalism about educational equity. Want to know more? Drop us a line: [email protected].

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** These federal programs help low-income students get to and through college. Trump wants to pull the funding

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TRIO, once a group of three programs — giving it a name that stuck — is now the umbrella over eight some dating back to 1965. Together, they serve roughly 870,000 students nationwide a year.

It has worked with millions of students and has bipartisan support in Congress. Some in this part of the Appalachian region of Kentucky, and across the country, worry about students who won’t get the same assistance if President Donald Trump ends federal spending on the program.

A White House budget proposal would eliminate spending on TRIO. The document says “access to college is not the obstacle it was for students of limited means” and puts the onus on colleges to recruit and support students.

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** Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic
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Logistics made it difficult to deliver the amount of tutoring that could produce a real difference.
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"Overall we still see that the dosage students are getting falls far short of what would be needed to fully realize the promise of high-dosage tutoring." ([link removed])

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After Hechinger story, Illinois passes law requiring hospitals to connect parents of premature babies with life-changing therapies ([link removed])

Bill introduced after The Hechinger Report wrote about how too many fragile infants are missing out on federally mandated services

A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent ([link removed])

‘The quality of undergraduate education is at stake here’

Sold a Story: Episode 14: What Trump’s education cuts mean for literacy ([link removed])

The Sold a Story podcast looks at what federal cuts mean for the ‘science of reading’ and efforts to get it into schools

Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more ([link removed])

The president is working to eliminate the Education Department and fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

Taking on racial bias in early math lessons ([link removed])

Racial bias affects how kids are taught math. Researchers are trying to stop that

OPINION: The resumption of student loan payments means students will need new policies — and our help ([link removed])

Millions are working multiple jobs, sacrificing basic needs and watching their dreams defer under the weight of financial pressures
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