Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been pushing his new plan to make two years of community college free for some Boston Public School graduates. But few students will be eligible for the program.
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Posted inEducation, K-12
How to Save a High School Dropout
New research shows the key role of relationships in preventing dropout.
Posted inEconomy, Education, Higher Education, Magazine, November/December 2014
The Diploma Deficit
The problem is not college debt, it’s low graduation rates. Fix that, and you fix the economy.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2013
Dropouts Tell No Tales
An African American journalist returns to his college alma mater to find out why so many students like him never make it out.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2011
How the Other Half Tests
Millions of Americans are denied the chance to take college-level courses by a downscale version of the SAT.
