Sentences with phrase «promising free college tuition»

«Entice families to stay engaged in the educational system, by promising free college tuition, but most important, we used our resources to put various types of support in schools for students and their families to enhance opportunities for academic achievement,» she said of the program.

Maroun, who sped from business in Ithaca to make the vote, sided with the Democratic majority for a 5 - 4 vote that shifts $ 650,000 to Say Yes, a program that adds supports for city pupils and promises free college tuition for high school graduates.

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Making Sense of Student Loan Debt — notwithstanding Bernie Sanders» promises of free college tuition for all, the challenge of student loan debt isn't going away anytime soon.

It offers a different strategy to improve urban education with a promise of free college tuition to graduating high school seniors.

The governor needs this injection of revenue to pay for a host of campaign promises, including more money for schools, tuition - free community college and road and rail projects.

«By providing tuition - free college to thousands of middle class New Yorkers, we are restoring the promise of the American Dream for the next generation and forging a bold path forward of access and opportunity for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said in a press release.

Sanders galvanized younger voters in last year's election with promises of free college tuition.

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Place - based scholarship programs such as the Kalamazoo Promise, in which all students graduating from specific high - poverty urban school districts qualify for free college tuition, also have been shown to increase high school outcomes and college matriculation (Bartik and Lachowska, 2012; Andrews, DesJardins and Ranchhod, 2010).

Clinton would reduce the cost of college by providing states with grants to support two years of tuition - free community college and / or four years of tuition - free education at in - state public colleges and universities for students from families making less than $ 125,000 (phased in over 4 years starting at $ 85,000), building on her promise to ensure access to «debt - free» college.