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Liz Willen Dear reader,

Greetings from San Diego, where I’m attending the education conference ([link removed]) ASU+GSV and listening to conversations about the future of work, alternative training programs and credentials, and the need for multiple pathways to good jobs and degrees. These are also among the topics of enormous concern to us here at The Hechinger Report. If no one is talking about the many challenges facing U.S. education and our workforce, we’ll never get to the solutions.

Our job as journalists, though, includes uncovering problems, and this week we bring you a major investigation of programs to train truck drivers, run by trucking companies. ([link removed]) Like many businesses, trucking companies face a shortage of workers, and are scrambling to fill the gap. But in an industry plagued with class-action lawsuits about working conditions and wages, drivers often end up paying a price. Take some time with this investigation, which was co-published with our partner The New York Times.

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** Trucking companies train you on the job. Just don’t try to quit. ([link removed])
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Many truckers say ‘indentured servitude’ seems part of entry to the profession.
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** PROOF POINTS: Education official sounds alarm bell about high school classes ([link removed])
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Transcript study suggests rampant grade inflation and watered down coursework.



** Despite Hispanic population growth, the number of HSIs has dropped for the first time in 20 years ([link removed])
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Fewer colleges meet the federal standard to be considered Hispanic-serving institutions, in part due to pandemic enrollment decline.



** Standardized tests in their current format are ‘incredibly antiquated’ ([link removed])
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Some experts suggest using this moment to change the way testing is done.



** STUDENT VOICE: Women need more and better opportunities in the construction industry ([link removed])
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Graduate programs and other tools can help us envision a sustainable future.



** OPINION: The fight for Black lives needs to happen in schools ([link removed])
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High schools are uniquely positioned to affirm the worth — and support the mental health — of Black youth.
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