Understanding Equity & Obstacles for Students
July 7, 2017 – Here’s our weekly roundup of education news you may have missed. Articles cover how K-12 leaders plan to close the Excellence Gap and spotlight affordability, food insecurity, and other challenges for college students with financial need.
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Elementary & Secondary Education:
- “Connecticut not only has one of the nation’s largest achievement gaps, but also an excellence gap,” reports the Connecticut Post. A new state law aims to narrow those disparities.
- Education Dive shares insights and recommendations from the National Forum on Education Policy, emphasizing that addressing educational equity requires professional development for teachers and administrators.
Higher Education:
- NPR explains how changes in tuition prices and the minimum wage prevent students from working their way through college.
- Maryland is the first state to ban scholarship displacement, reports The Baltimore Sun. This new law “limits the conditions under which institutions may decrease financial aid, allowing reductions when a student’s aid exceeds the cost of college or with permission from a scholarship provider.”
- Food-insecure students are often “invisible” on campus, reports Pacific Standard in an article covering recent studies and solutions to address hunger.
- Being a first-generation college student often “tears you away from your family and community,” shares David Hernández in a commentary for The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Colleges should recognize that some students are making it in their own way, without a support system.”
Cooke Foundation Highlights:
- Several Cooke Foundation research reports are cited in various media this week, including Ozy, the American Enterprise Institute, and The Weight List podcast.
- In USA Today, Cooke Scholar Sagar Chapagain shares his opinion on the Senate health care bill.
- Cooke Scholar Agata Bykovtzev will compete in the U.S. Junior Championship chess tournament this summer. Santa Barbara’s Noozhawk profiles Agata’s accomplishments.
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