Community colleges should be an avenue into high-value STEM degrees for students from low-income backgrounds, but just 2 percent of students who begin at a community college earn a STEM bachelor’s degree within six years. Here are ways to improve the process.

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15.07.2025

Suddenly sacked

Peggy Carr, the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, with her six-year term set to expire June 2027. Carr had been with the Education Department for more than 35 years before the Trump administration placed her on administrative leave on February 24, 2025.

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America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse - The Hechinger Report

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one preschooler started calling Maggi “mama” and Maggi’s husband “papa.” Children who have graduated from Maggi’s program still beg their parents to […]

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16.07.2025

She was a rising senior on the honor roll. ICE just upended her life

Nory Sontay Ramos was deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers.

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OPINION: Let’s remove the roadblocks to four-year STEM degrees for community college transfer students

Suddenly sacked

America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse - The Hechinger Report

She was a rising senior on the honor roll. ICE just upended her life

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