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Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

The Hechinger Report

Meredith Kolodner

21 October 2019

Hyden, Kentucky, United States

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In a former mining county in Kentucky, a high school principal is leveraging partnerships and raising expectations to both encourage students to complete high school and pursue college classes and to stay to work in t...

Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?

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Meredith Kolodner

28 April 2016

New York, New York, United States

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A pilot program on the City University of New York's five campuses provides rare support, through group sessions and workshops, to students who are both on the autism spectrum and low-income.

Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

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Meredith Kolodner

14 August 2015

New York, New York, United States

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Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective ...

A low-income Brooklyn high school where 100 percent of black male students graduate

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Meredith Kolodner

14 July 2015

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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The overall graduation rate for black male students in New York City was 58 percent in 2014 - student retention rates are equally poor. But one school achieved a 100% on-time graduation rate last year, motivating thei...

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