U.S. government spends millions on career training with little oversight
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Liz Willen Dear reader,
With so much concern over soaring costs in higher education, programs that offer tuition aid and the promise of a job sound like a dream, at first. Just ask Dora Bray Magilke, whose story we tell in a blockbuster investigation ([link removed]) on a program that receives millions of dollars from the Departments of Labor and Defense.
After finishing the roughly seven-month program and passing her certification exam, Magilke found that no one would hire her. Would-be employers told her she lacked the experience they required because the online program didn't include an in-person clinical training. Hechinger’s Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz tell the story of how hundreds of thousands of Americans like Magilke get sucked into short workforce training programs paid for by the government, but that in some cases don’t actually lead to good jobs. If you have a similar story, get in touch – we want to hear it.
Also, this week columnist Jill Barshay recaps the evidence for tutoring ([link removed]) as a way of helping kids catch up post-pandemic. While not all programs are alike, Barshay concludes that tutoring “comes as a close to a magic bullet in education as you can get.” Finally, we ask experts what’s at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan ([link removed]) . As always, we want to hear from our readers, and please tell a friend or colleague tosign up ([link removed]) for our free newsletters.
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** ‘Wasted money’: How career training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight ([link removed])
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The United States spends untold millions on workforce training programs. Many don’t help people find jobs
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** As the Supreme Court hears arguments on student loan forgiveness, three experts explain what’s at stake ([link removed])
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Will the Biden Administration’s loan forgiveness action be deemed constitutional?
** Rankings exodus raises the question: How should consumers pick a college? ([link removed])
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Independent information is out there, but some of it can be misleading
** PROOF POINTS: Taking stock of tutoring ([link removed])
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What we know about tutoring research, how many schools are providing tutoring and how it’s going so far
** Five tips to help manage behavior in young children ([link removed])
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Adults need to teach kids what to do right, not just punish them for doing wrong
** OPINION: Let’s pay more attention to colleges that educate the vast majority of Americans ([link removed])
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It’s time to worry less about the elites and more about schools that are helping all kinds of students
** OPINION: Another epidemic is causing Black students to fall behind: Chronic absenteeism ([link removed])
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We can — and should — be doing a whole lot more to get students back in the classroom
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