David Young started his cybersecurity boot camp planning to earn an industry-recognized credential that he hoped would help land him a job. The program, run by a company called IronCircle …
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TEACHER VOICE: As a new school year begins, teachers are once again struggling to support children whose lives are upended by immigration police
Emma, a third grader, cries hot, angry tears when she doesn’t get her way. She is a bit too old to cry over losing in games like foursquare, but she …
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OPINION: In a prison writing workshop, I found refuge and a road to understanding the “untold stories” inside us
I remember the first time I walked into a prison writing workshop. The shadowed room contained little more than a dozen mismatched plastic chairs and a few warped tables. Before …
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This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the …
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Experts say higher education is an industry in turmoil. The collateral damage is widespread
AMHERST, Mass. — The parking lots are mostly vacant. Locked and dark, many of the buildings are lifeless but for dying plants in dusty pots. One of the few people …
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This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the …
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I did not wait for my start date. My official first day as director of the Del Valle Independent School District’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program was July 22, 2015. I …
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‘This is the first time I’ve touched grass’: Inside the U.S. colleges pioneering social prescriptions
This story is being published in partnership with MindSite News, a national news organization that reports on mental health and sends out a daily newsletter available here. In 1984, while …
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Looking back, there were a lot of warning signs. Christopher Collins fielded several calls a day from recruiters with IronCircle, a cybersecurity boot camp provider, urging him to enroll in …
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OPINION: No college president, provost or board should retreat from diversity initiatives without considering what the law actually requires
The Trump administration is making universities afraid to support diversity — and counting on them to retreat. Last month, the Treasury Department and IRS proposed rules that threaten to strip …
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