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Washington Post higher education writer. Send story ideas! nick.anderson@washpost.com (he/him/his)

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  1. 8 hours ago

    William Harvey took over Hampton in 1978 when Jimmy Carter was president. He’ll step down during the Biden administration.

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  2. Dec 9

    Breaking, part 2: JHU President signals no interest in renaming the university. "As I see it, our obligation in this difficult moment is to change our narrative, not our name,” Ron Daniels told The Post... And they are already editing those hagiographic "About Us" history pages.

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  3. Dec 9

    Johns Hopkins, benefactor of namesake hospital and university, was an enslaver. With my colleagues and

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  4. Dec 8

    I imagine some things are more surreal than a masked college student coming home for winter break and, like a good public health citizen, disappearing immediately into her room to quarantine for several days without even a hello hug. But at the moment, I can’t think of any.

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  5. Dec 7

    Important piece here that quotes my colleague . Vital for all of us in the Guild to stand in solidarity against sexual misconduct.

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  6. Dec 7

    Add this to the list of Wow in Virginia's historic year of reckoning.

    After 108 years, the Jackson statue was finally removed from VMI. Will it take away the statue of its first president, Francis Smith, enslaver of nine people? Will it rename its dining hall, named after another slaveholder and VMI's first board president?
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  7. Dec 7

    Add this educational challenge to the list.... Community colleges in D.C. area and beyond are contending with an enrollment crisis ... via

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  8. Dec 6

    New data finds unequal gaps in learning during remote school - The Washington Post via ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩

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  9. Dec 5

    Student loan payments: Moratorium on federal loan payments extended until Jan. 31 - The Washington Post via ⁦⁩

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  10. Dec 4

    Crucial point: Physical books matter.

    Something that really struck me while reporting this: So many little kids are not touching or reading physical books this year. Their schools are uploading them and they are reading them on PDFs or on programs that try to simulate turning pages.
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  11. Dec 4

    Such a great run on this all-important beat.

    The news is true. Tomorrow is my last day covering D.C. politics. I can’t say enough how much I’ve enjoyed this beat. The best part has been getting to know our readers who are so sharp and push us to be better. More to come next week on my next assignment at The Post
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  12. Dec 4

    And Pat McGuire points out there will be even more aftershocks:

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    The learning loss will follow these children on into college where they will need even more support than is already the case... the study does not address (a) parental educational levels and parent literacy (b) how teachers should change pedagogy (not rigor, but pedagogy) ...
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  13. Dec 4

    Perry reports: “I’m just not willing to throw in the towel,” Ferebee said. But so far, there is no proposed plan to bring back large numbers of students.

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  14. Dec 4

    D.C. chancellor Ferebee says schools will reopen in February. Via ⁦⁩

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  15. Dec 4

    The situation isn’t any less dire across the Potomac. Via ⁦⁩: Virginia schools plan gradual reopening as evidence of online learning gap piles up

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  16. Dec 4

    We could add a third issue that the pandemic spotlights: how to get serious, finally, about erasing equity gaps in resources, opportunity and achievement

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  17. Dec 4

    Strikes me that there’s two issues: yes, of course, how and when to safely reopen. But also, and maybe equally important, how to recover learning loss of the past 9 months (soon to be year)

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  18. Dec 4

    Donna quotes a community activist who calls this an educational “catastrophe”.... Would anyone disagree? What is to be done to help these kids get back on track?

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  19. Dec 4

    Montgomery County Md schools report big spike in failing grades — via ⁦⁩

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  20. Dec 2

    And: She posts a handwritten sign on her apartment door reminding the teenagers whose voices echo in the hallways: “SCHOOL IN PROGRESS HERE.” And yet... (My view here) .. For all these at-home efforts, there is a real educational crisis brewing for students like this.

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